A/HRC/39/36 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 24 July 2018 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-ninth session 10–28 September 2018 Agenda items 2 and 3 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Mental health and human rights Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights* Summary In accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 36/13, a consultation on human rights and mental health was held in Geneva on 14 and 15 May 2018. Participants discussed the topic of mental health as a human rights issue and agreed that the situation could be improved through system-wide strategies and human rights-based services to combat discrimination, stigma, violence, coercion and abuse. The present report contains a summary of the discussions, as well as conclusions and recommendations from the consultation. * The annex is reproduced as received, in the language of submission only. GE.18-12245(E) 