A/HRC/16/76 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 7 February 2011 Original: English Human Rights Council Sixteenth session Agenda items 2 and 8 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Follow-up and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action National institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights Report of the Secretary-General∗ ∗∗ Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council decision 2/102, in which the Council requested the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to continue with the fulfilment of her activities, in accordance with all previous decisions adopted by the Commission on Human Rights and to update the relevant reports and studies. The report, which covers the period from January to December 2010, contains information on the activities undertaken by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to establish and strengthen national human rights institutions (NHRIs), cooperation between NHRIs and international human rights mechanisms, as well as OHCHR’s support to the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. Specifically, the report highlights the main achievements, challenges and priorities at the national level regarding the establishment and strengthening of NHRIs. The activities of NHRIs on thematic issues, such as business and human rights, torture prevention, the rights of migrants and persons in mobility and the rights of indigenous peoples are also discussed. ∗ ∗∗ GE.11- 10615 Late submission. All references to Kosovo, whether to the territory, institutions or population shall be understood in the context of the United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999), and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo.