A/72/540
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
19 October 2017
Original: English
Seventy-second session
Agenda item 72 (b)
Promotion and protection of human rights: human
rights questions, including alternative approaches
for improving the effective enjoyment of human
rights and fundamental freedoms
Right to privacy*
Note by the Secretary-General
The Secretary-General has the honour to transmit to the General Assembly the
report of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on the right to
privacy, Joseph A. Cannataci, submitted in accordance with Human Rights Council
resolution 28/16.
* The present report was submitted after the deadline in order to reflect the most recent
developments.
17-18460 (E)
021117
*1718460*