A/HRC/39/30 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 10 August 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 Best practices and specific measures to ensure access to birth registration, particularly for those children most at risk* Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Summary The present report was prepared in accordance with resolution 34/15 of the Human Rights Council, in which the Council requested the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to prepare a report on best practices and specific measures to ensure access to birth registration, particularly for those children most at risk, marginalized and living in situations of conflict, poverty, emergency or vulnerability, including children belonging to minority groups, children with disabilities, indigenous children, and children of migrants, asylum seekers, refugees and stateless persons, taking into account the commitment to implement target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals. * The present document was submitted late to the conference services without the explanation required under paragraph 8 of General Assembly resolution 53/208 B. GE.18-13276(E) 