A/HRC/45/24 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 13 August 2020 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-fifth session 14 September–2 October 2020 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 Evaluation of the implementation of the third phase of the World Programme for Human Rights Education Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights* Summary Pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 42/7, the present report contains an overview of action undertaken during the third phase (2015–2019) of the World Programme for Human Rights Education at the national level, as reported by 26 States, with regard to human rights education in primary, secondary and higher education and human rights training for civil servants, law enforcement officials, members of the military, media professionals and journalists. It also contains some conclusions drawn from the information received and recommendations for furthering human rights education and training, by building on progress made during the third phase. * Agreement was reached to publish the present report after the standard publication date owing to circumstances beyond the submitter’s control. GE.20-10690(E) 