A/HRC/31/67 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 14 December 2015 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-first session Agenda items 3 and 5 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Human rights bodies and mechanisms Progress report of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee on its research-based report on the activities of vulture funds and the impact on human rights Note by the Secretariat 1. In its resolution 27/30, the Human Rights Council requested the Advisory Committee to prepare a research-based report on the activities of vulture funds and the impact on human rights, and to present a progress report thereon to the Council at its thirtyfirst session. 2. At its fifteenth session, in August 2015, the Advisory Committee decided to recommend that the Human Rights Council extend the time schedule envisaged in order to allow for better informed work, and that it request the Committee to submit a progress report to the Council at its thirty-third session. 3. The above-mentioned progress report of the Advisory Committee will accordingly be submitted to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-third session. GE.15-21941(E) *1521941*