A/HRC/37/32 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 4 January 2018 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-seventh session 26 February – 23 March 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 Realization of the right to work Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Summary In the present report, prepared pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 34/14, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights examines the relationship between the realization of the right to work and the implementation of relevant targets of the Sustainable Development Goals. He notes that, to the extent that they are implemented consistently with international law, including human rights norms and standards, the Sustainable Development Goals and targets are a useful framework for supporting States in respecting, protecting and fulfilling the right to work. Adopting a human rights-based approach to the implementation of the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals insofar as it relates to vulnerable and marginalized individuals, groups and populations is a fundamental element of contributing to the realization of the right to work. Consequently, how the right to work might be protected for a selection of these groups (who tend to be overrepresented in the unemployment and informal work statistics) as part of meeting these targets and fulfilling the commitments to leave no one behind and to reach the furthest behind first is also discussed. GE.17-23490(E) 