A/HRC/36/40 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 20 July 2017 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-sixth session 11-29 September 2017 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 thematic report of the Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order, Alfred de Zayas, prepared pursuant to Council resolution 33/3. * The annexes and the bibliography are reproduced as received, in the language of submission only. GE.17-12317(E) 