A/HRC/35/35
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
25 April 2017
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-fifth session
6-23 June 2017
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Report of the Independent Expert on human rights and
international solidarity
Note by the Secretariat
The Secretariat has the honour to transmit to the Human Rights Council the report of
the Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity, Virginia Dandan,
prepared pursuant to Council resolution 29/3. The main feature of the present report is the
draft declaration on the right to international solidarity, contained in the annex. In the main
body of the report, the Independent Expert provides the highlights of the work of the
mandate since its establishment in 2005, bringing up to date the milestones that have led to
the crafting of the draft declaration and that have advanced awareness of the value of
international solidarity both as a principle and as a right, in the light of current
developments in world affairs.
GE.17-06578(E)