A/HRC/39/24 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 17 July 2018 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-ninth session 10–28 September 2018 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 Summary of the expert workshop on the role and contribution of civil society organizations, academia, national human rights institutions and other relevant stakeholders in the prevention of human rights abuses Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Summary In its resolution 33/6, the Human Rights Council requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to organize an expert workshop to discuss the role and contribution of civil society organizations, academia, national human rights institutions and other relevant stakeholders in the prevention of human rights abuses, drawing on the conclusions and recommendations of the study on the role of prevention in the promotion and protection of human rights (A/HRC/30/20). The present report provides a summary of the expert workshop that was held in Geneva on 21 and 22 February 2018, including its recommendations. GE.18-11809(E) 