A/HRC/35/20 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 3 May 2017 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-fifth session 6-23 June 2017 Agenda items 2 and 10 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Technical assistance and capacity-building Progress and challenges encountered in the main activities aimed at enhancing technical cooperation and capacitybuilding undertaken since the establishment of the Human Rights Council Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 33/28, in which the Council requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to prepare a report on progress and the challenges encountered in the main activities aimed at enhancing technical cooperation and capacity-building undertaken since the establishment of the Human Rights Council. The report contains information on worldwide practices and experiences in the area of technical cooperation in the field of human rights. It is based on research undertaken by OHCHR on global, regional and national experiences. GE.17-07076(E) 