A/HRC/42/23 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 26 July 2019 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-second session 9–27 September 2019 Items 2 and 3 of the provisional agenda 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 Draft plan of action for the fourth phase (2020–2024) of the World Programme for Human Rights Education Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights* Summary In accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 39/3, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) prepared a draft plan of action for the fourth phase (2020–2024) of the World Programme for Human Rights Education on the basis of, inter alia, relevant United Nations instruments and documents, the plans of action for the first (2005–2009), second (2010–2014) and third (2015–2019) phases, as well as materials published by OHCHR and other United Nations entities. On 10 and 11 April, OHCHR held a consultation, on the sidelines of the Economic and Social Council Youth Forum, on a preliminary draft, involving relevant international and regional intergovernmental and civil society organizations. On 14 May, OHCHR submitted a draft text to Member States, United Nations entities and other intergovernmental organizations, national human rights institutions and civil society. As of 28 June, OHCHR had received 26 replies with comments, all of which have been taken into consideration in the present report. * Agreement was reached to publish the present report after the standard publication date owing to circumstances beyond the submitter’s control. GE.19-12778(E) 