HIGHLIGHTS OF RESULTS for the Defence of Human Rights (the NHRI of El Salvador) and civil society organizations on issues related to citizen security, justice, women’s rights and the LGBTI population. These three stakeholders submitted contributions to the third UPR cycle and actively participated in the follow-up to the interactive dialogue. Furthermore, the Office contributed to the participation of non-traditional actors (organizational structures of indigenous peoples and committees of relatives of missing migrants) through the submission of information to the human rights treaty bodies and special procedures. In the context of Kenya’s third UPR cycle, 67 CSOs submitted a joint report while a total of 22 CSOs submitted individual reports. For the first time, CSOs working on disabilities, sexual orientation and gender identity and sexual and reproductive health and rights participated in the preparation of the joint report. OHCHR contributed to the increased capacity of civil society to prepare and submit reports to the international human rights mechanisms. UN HUMAN RIGHTS WORK TO ADDRESS INTIMIDATION AND REPRISALS OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN 2019 UN Human Rights continued to pay increased attention to the importance of protecting civil society actors against reprisals. The Office consistently ensured that cases of reprisals against those who had interacted with the international human rights mechanisms were identified and addressed by the international community. The human rights treaty bodies developed mechanisms to prevent and help protect human rights defenders (HRDs) in accordance with the San Jose Guidelines against Intimidation or Reprisals, as referenced in General Assembly resolution 68/268. To support these efforts, UN Human Rights updated a common treaty body web page on reprisals that indicates how the treaty bodies address cases of intimidation and reprisals and outlines how such allegations need to be reported. In addition, the treaty bodies continued to facilitate accessibility for civil society and HRDs, including by adopting decisions (interim measures) on individual cases of reprisals. During the year, various treaty bodies flagged concerns regarding the Shifts: Climate change Corruption work of HRDs during their dialogue with concerned States Parties, reflected these concerns in recommendations and published letters of alleged reprisals on the web page of the committees. UN Human Rights continued to facilitate regular exchanges between NGOs and the President of the Human Rights Council (HRC) to create opportunities for civil society to discuss issues of critical concern. This included discussions on how to deal with reprisals occurring in the context of HRC sessions and enhancing the methods of work of the HRC while safeguarding civil society space. With regard to allegations of reprisals that were reported to UN Human Rights, the internal protocol for handling such cases in connection with HRC sessions was put in motion and recommendations on appropriate action on each case were made to the HRC President. The Secretary-General issued a report on Cooperation with the UN, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights (A/HRC/42/30). It was prepared with Inequalities New technologies support from UN Human Rights and was presented to the HRC, in September. It includes cases from 48 States, reflecting the increased documentation of information on trends and cases in the public domain. For comparison, between 2010 and 2016, an average of 15 countries were included in the annual reports. The 2017 report mentions 29 States and the 2018 report lists 38 States. The 2019 report includes good practices to address and prevent reprisals, as recommended by Member States during the interactive dialogue on the 2018 report. Moreover, 2019 marked the tenth anniversary of the adoption of HRC resolution 12/2, in which the Council requested that the UN take urgent steps to address intimidation and reprisals. The strong commitment to confront this issue was renewed by the Council, in September, with HRC resolution 42/28. Furthermore, the General Assembly adopted, by consensus, a resolution that condemns reprisals (A/RES/74/146). People on the move UN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2019 21