A/HRC/45/24 I. Introduction A. Background 1. In its resolution 59/113 A, the General Assembly proclaimed the World Programme for Human Rights Education, a global framework for human rights education structured in consecutive phases, each phase focusing on specific sectors. The first phase (2005–2009) was focused on the integration of human rights education into primary and secondary school systems, and the second phase (2010–2014) was focused on human rights education in higher education and human rights training for teachers, educators, civil servants, law enforcement officials and military personnel. Evaluation reports on the first and second phases were issued in 2010 (A/65/322) and 2015 (A/HRC/30/24). 2. In its resolution 24/15, the Human Rights Council decided that the third phase (2015–2019) of the World Programme would be focused on strengthening the implementation of the first two phases and promoting human rights training for media professionals and journalists. In its resolution 27/12, the Council adopted a plan of action (A/HRC/27/28) to guide national implementation. The plan of action provided that States would carry out a national midterm evaluation of progress in 2017 and a final evaluation in early 2020 and would report accordingly to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). On the basis of those national reports, OHCHR would prepare a midterm and a final evaluation report of the third phase and submit them to the Human Rights Council. 3. Accordingly, in 2017, OHCHR submitted to the Council a midterm progress report (A/HRC/36/24) on national initiatives, as reported by 36 Governments and 18 national human rights institutions. 4. In its resolution 42/7, the Human Rights Council reminded States of the need to prepare and submit to OHCHR their national evaluation reports and requested OHCHR to submit an evaluation report on the implementation of the third phase, based on those reports, to the Council at its forty-fifth session. B. Methodology 5. In February 2020, OHCHR sent notes verbales to Member States recalling the Human Rights Council’s reminder of the need to submit their national evaluation reports. OHCHR also forwarded a guidance note, drawn from the plan of action, to facilitate their preparation. 6. By 30 June 2020, 26 States (see annex) had responded. The present evaluation report is based on those responses and should be read in conjunction with the midterm progress report. 7. Despite the limited number of responses, the present report contains an overview of relevant actions undertaken during the third phase of the World Programme, highlighting specific examples, and some conclusions and recommendations to further the implementation of the World Programme. Due to word-limit constraints, it was not possible to include all the information submitted. II. Action taken at the national level to strengthen the implementation of the first two phases of the World Programme A. National strategies and plans of action 8. Some States reported having developed specific strategies and plans of action on human rights education, whereas others included human rights education provisions in overall human rights policy documents. The national plan for human rights education of Colombia was developed in 2009 and, since 2017, initiatives have been under way to 3