A/HRC/31/32 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 21 December 2015 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-first session 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 Realization of the right to work Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Summary The present report, prepared pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 28/15, presents an overview of the scope of and applicable standards relative to the right to work; an overview of the recognition of this right in international human rights and international labour law and of its interpretation by United Nations treaty bodies and the International Labour Organization; as well as examples drawn from national experiences. GE.15-22549(E) *1522549*