A/HRC/39/47 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 30 July 2018 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-ninth session 10–28 September 2018 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Report of the Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order Note by the Secretariat The Secretariat has the honour to transmit to the Human Rights Council the report of the Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order, Livingstone Sewanyana, prepared in accordance with Council resolution 36/4. Summary In the present report, the first by the present mandate holder, the Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order sets out his preliminary views and intended scope of work, highlighting the vision and priorities to be addressed within the framework of the mandate as set forth in Human Rights Council resolution 18/6 and subsequent resolutions on the subject, the latest of which is resolution 36/4. GE.18-12554(E) 