A/HRC/37/66 Report of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues Contents Page 2 I. Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 3 II. Activities of the previous Special Rapporteur (January–July 2017) ............................................. 3 III. Activities of the Special Rapporteur (August–December 2017) ................................................... 4 IV. Priorities and vision for the mandate ............................................................................................. 7 A. Statelessness and the human rights of minorities .................................................................. 8 B. Ethnic conflicts, minority rights and promoting inclusiveness and stability ........................ 9 C. Tackling hate speech, xenophobic rhetoric and incitement to hatred against minorities ...... 10 D. Education as a human right and its contours and impact for minorities ............................... 10 V. Communications sent to governments in 2017 ............................................................................. 11 VI. Research on the second cycle of the universal periodic review process ....................................... 11 VII. Language rights of linguistic minorities: a practical guide for implementation ............................ 12 VIII. Update on the 2017 Forum on Minority Issues ............................................................................. 13 IX. Conclusions ................................................................................................................................... 15

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