A/HRC/45/28 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 10 August 2020 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-fifth session 14 September–2 October 2020 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development The interplay between the economic policies and safeguards of international financial institutions and good governance at the local level Report of the Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order * Summary The Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order devotes his third thematic report to the Human Rights Council to the interplay between the economic policies and safeguards of international financial institutions and good governance at the local level. * Agreement was reached to publish the present report after the standard publication date owing to circumstances beyond the submitter’s control. GE.20-10575(E) 