A/HRC/42/1 5. Human rights bodies and mechanisms Cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights 75. In its resolution 12/2, the Human Rights Council invited the Secretary-General to submit a report to the Council at its fourteenth session, and annually thereafter, containing a compilation and analysis of any available information, from all appropriate sources, on alleged reprisals against those who seek to cooperate or have cooperated with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms, as well as recommendations on how to address the issues of intimidation and reprisals. Pursuant to its resolution 36/21, the Council will consider the report of the Secretary-General (A/HRC/42/30), followed by an interactive dialogue (see para. 33 above). Human Rights Council Advisory Committee 76. The Advisory Committee held its twenty-second session from 18 to 22 February 2019 and its twenty-third session from 22 to 26 July 2019. In accordance with paragraph 80 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1, Council resolution 16/21 and decision 18/121, the Council will consider the annual report of the Advisory Committee (A/HRC/42/52), which will consist of the reports of the Committee on those sessions and will be the subject of an interactive dialogue with the Chair of the Committee. 77. In its resolution 34/8, the Council requested the Advisory Committee to conduct a study and prepare a report on the negative effects of terrorism on the enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms, with a particular focus on economic, social and cultural rights, and to present the report to the Council at its thirty-ninth session, to be discussed during the interactive dialogue. Further to the decision adopted by the Council on 6 July 2018, the deadline for the submission of the report was extended until the fortysecond session. The Council will have before it a note by the Secretariat thereon (A/HRC/42/53) (see para. 69 above). 78. In its resolution 34/11, the Council requested the Advisory Committee to conduct a study, in continuation of the study requested by the Council in its resolution 31/22, on the possibility of utilizing non-repatriated illicit funds, with view to supporting the achievement of the Goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and to submit the requested study to the Council at its thirty-ninth session. Further to the decision adopted by the Council on 6 July 2018 to endorse the request of the Advisory Committee to extend the deadline for the submission of the study until the forty-second session, the Council will have before it the final study of the Committee (A/HRC/42/54) (see para. 70 above). 79. In its resolution 39/9, the Human Rights Council requested the Advisory Committee to prepare a research-based report on the importance of a legally binding instrument on the right to development and to present an oral update on the preparation of the report to the Council at its forty-second session. The Council will hear the oral update by the Advisory Committee. Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 80. In its resolution 33/25, the Human Rights Council decided that the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples should report at least once a year to the Council on its work, and keep the Council fully informed of developments on the rights of indigenous peoples. The Council will consider the report of the Expert Mechanism on its twelfth session, held from 15 to 19 July 2019 (A/HRC/42/55). 81. In its resolution 33/25, the Human Rights Council also decided that the Expert Mechanism should prepare an annual study on the status of the rights of indigenous peoples worldwide in the achievement of the ends of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, focusing on one or more interrelated articles of the Declaration, to be decided by the Expert Mechanism. The Council will consider the annual study of the Expert Mechanism on indigenous peoples’ rights in the context of borders, migration and displacement (A/HRC/42/56) (see para. 55 above). 11

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