A/HRC/30/19 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 10 August 2015 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirtieth session 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 Human rights implications of overincarceration and overcrowding Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 24/12. It contains an analysis of the human rights implications of overincarceration and overcrowding, drawing on the experience of United Nations and regional human rights mechanisms and in the light of the views provided by States, including on their practice regarding alternatives to detention, and other relevant stakeholders. GE.15-13463(E) *1513463*