Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and follow-up to the World Conference on Human Rights

Elaborates on the support given by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to the continued work of the Human Rights Council and its mechanisms, both in its reform initiatives as well as its ongoing substantive work, with attention to the important work of the special procedures; elaborates on priority themes identified in the High Commissioner's Strategic Management Plan, and their implementation, including continued efforts by OHCHR to strengthen country engagements and increased field presences, and key thematic expertise; touches specifically on the thematic issue of the death penalty, situating its sentencing and implementation within the international human rights legal framework; highlights the elaboration of new standard-setting instruments, and the Office's engagement in supporting the work of their respective monitoring mechanisms.

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