A/HRC/25/50 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 27 March 2014 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-fifth session 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 effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights, Cephas Lumina1 Summary In the present report, submitted in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 16/14, the independent expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights, reflects on his tenure between 2008 and 2014. The report is organized as follows. Section II briefly outlines the main activities undertaken by the independent expert over the course of his mandate. Section III highlights the challenges faced by the Council in addressing sovereign debt as a human rights issue. Section IV briefly describes the constraints confronting the special procedures in carrying out their mandates, including insufficient resources. Section V is the conclusion. 1 Late submission. GE.14-12769 *1412769*