A/HRC/43/47/Add.1 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 9 March 2020 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-third session 24 February–20 March 2020 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Visit to Spain Report of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues*, ** Summary The Special Rapporteur on minority issues visited Spain from 14 to 25 January 2019. In the present report, he makes a number of recommendations and observations with a view to assisting the Government and other relevant actors in their efforts to address the challenges in implementing the human rights of minorities in Spain. In the report, the Special Rapporteur also looks at positive developments, and focuses on areas of particular significance regarding minorities, such as education, the use of minority languages, housing, employment, administrative and judicial services, access to health and other public services, the participation of minorities in public life, and efforts to combat hate speech and other forms of intolerance directed at minorities, including islamophobia and anti-Gypsyism. The report also includes a section on the deaf community and the use of sign languages in Spain. * The summary of the report is being circulated in all official languages. The report itself, which is annexed to the summary, is being circulated in the language of submission and Spanish only. ** The present report was submitted after the deadline so as to include the most recent information. GE.20-03388(E) 