A/HRC/16/26 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 25 February 2011 Original: English Human Rights Council Sixteenth session Agenda items 2 and 10 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Technical assistance and capacity-building Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Guinea* Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 13/21 inviting the High Commissioner for Human Rights to submit a report on the situation of human rights in Guinea to the sixteenth session of the Council. This report covers the period from April to 31 December 2010. The final report of the International Commission of Inquiry mandated to establish the facts and circumstances of the events of 28 September 2009 in Guinea recommended, inter alia, that the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) “monitor the situation in Guinea, at least in 2010, during which the country is likely to remain unstable, by an appropriately significant presence, in both quantitative and qualitative terms, to serve as a deterrent to potential violators of international law.” As a follow-up to this recommendation, on 4 May 2010, OHCHR and the Government of Guinea signed a host country agreement relating to the establishment of an OHCHR Office. Since its establishment in May 2010, the OHCHR office in Guinea has been monitoring and reporting on the situation of human rights throughout the country. During the six first months of its operation, the Office focused on the elections. The Office also worked with the Government of Guinea and other relevant stakeholders to develop strategies to address the key human rights challenges in the country. These include impunity, in particular, that of the security forces, strengthening the administration of justice, reinforcing national human rights institutions and civil society organizations, addressing the negative impact of corruption on the realization of economic, social and cultural rights, countering discrimination, particularly against women, and gender-based violence. * Late submission. GE.11-11400