A/HRC/42/36 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 16 July 2019 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-second session 9–27 September 2019 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Progress report of the open-ended intergovernmental working group to elaborate the content of an international regulatory framework, without prejudging the nature thereof, to protect human rights and ensure accountability for violations and abuses relating to the activities of private military and security companies on its first session* Chair-Rapporteur: Nozipho Joyce Mxakato-Diseko (South Africa) * Agreement was reached to publish the present report after the standard publication date owing to circumstances beyond the submitter’s control. GE.19-12095(E) 