A/HRC/44/33 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 6 April 2020 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-fourth session 15 June–3 July 2020 Agenda items 2 and 3 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Expert group meeting on the elimination of female genital mutilation Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 38/6 on the elimination of female genital mutilation, in which the Council requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to organize a twoday expert meeting in Addis Ababa and submit a report on the outcome of the meeting at its forty-fourth session. The expert meeting took place on 17 and 18 July 2019. Participants discussed progress, gaps and challenges in the application of human rights norms, standards and principles to the prevention and elimination of female genital mutilation in various contexts, including at community and national levels, and in migration and displacement contexts. GE.20-05204(E) 