A/HRC/39/40 I. Introduction 1. In its resolution 36/2, the Human Rights Council requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) urgently to dispatch a team of three experts to Burundi to engage with the Burundian authorities and all other stakeholders, to collect information concerning human rights violations, and to forward such information to the national judicial authorities to ensure accountability. It tasked the team of experts with making recommendations for technical assistance and capacitybuilding with a view to providing support to the Government of Burundi in fulfilling its human rights obligations and combating impunity. 2. The Council also requested the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to present an oral briefing on the implementation of the resolution at its thirtyseventh and thirty-eighth sessions and a final report during an interactive dialogue at its thirty-ninth session. 3. The present note is prepared in lieu of the report originally requested by the Council to be presented at its thirty-ninth session, as the Government of Burundi did not cooperate with OHCHR in the implementation of resolution 36/2. II. Engagement with the Government of Burundi in the implementation of resolution 36/2 4. On 19 December 2017, OHCHR met with the Coordinator of the African Group to brief him on technical preparations for the implementation of Council resolution 36/2. In March 2018, two of the three experts of the team were deployed to Bujumbura to collect information concerning human rights violations and to provide technical assistance and capacity-building to the Government pursuant to that resolution. They were accompanied by a security officer. The deployment of the third expert was delayed pending the finalization of the recruitment process. The Government of Burundi granted the two experts and the security officer one-month entry visas. 5. On 27 March 2018, OHCHR sent a note verbale to the Permanent Mission of Burundi to the United Nations Office in Geneva to provide an update on the deployment of the team of experts and their mandate, thanking the Government for its cooperation. On the same day, the Permanent Mission of Burundi sent an email to OHCHR acknowledging receipt of the note verbale. On 3 April 2018, the OHCHR office in Burundi sent a note verbale to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informing it of the deployment of the experts. 6. In a spirit of cooperation, the experts waited to be officially received by the Burundian authorities before starting any activity. Meanwhile, the experts drafted their work plan and identified areas of technical cooperation that could be discussed with the Government of Burundi. 7. However, on 19 April 2018, the two experts and the security officer received a phone call from the Immigration Service of Burundi informing them that their visas had been cancelled. On 26 April 2018, they received a letter from the Director of the Immigration Service, dated 24 April 2018, notifying them that, due to the cancellation of their visas, they were no longer authorized to remain in Burundi. Consequently, OHCHR immediately organized the departure of the experts and security officer from Burundi. 8. In a meeting with OHCHR in Geneva on 27 April 2018, the Permanent Representative of Burundi reiterated the willingness of his Government to collaborate with OHCHR. In a letter dated 3 May 2018, OHCHR informed the Permanent Representative that the team of experts was ready to return to Burundi to carry out its mandate. The Government of Burundi has not responded to this communication. 9. On 8 May 2018, the High Commissioner conveyed his concerns in writing to the President of the Human Rights Council and the Coordinator of the African Group, seeking their support to ensure the implementation of Council resolution 36/2. During follow-up 2