A/HRC/14/43/Add.3 D. Methodology 11. The Special Rapporteur held meetings with authorities from the executive, legislative and judiciary branches, both at the federal and Emirates level, in order to obtain their views concerning racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in the United Arab Emirates, the adequacy of the existing legal and institutional human rights framework and the programmes and policies adopted by the authorities to fight these problems. Additionally, meetings with representatives of civil society were organized. 12. In order to assess the main challenges that lie ahead in the fight against racism and xenophobia in the United Arab Emirates, the Special Rapporteur brought to the attention of the authorities some key concerns expressed by representatives of civil society. He also relied on concluding observations and recommendations made by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the Universal Periodic Review of the Human Rights Council. In this regard, he aimed to better understand the Government’s responses to those challenges and, in addition, how it identified existing problems and devised solutions thereto. The conclusions and recommendations in this report are based on these rich exchanges with United Arab Emirates-based interlocutors and the Special Rapporteur’s own analysis. He hopes that they will contribute to finding concrete ways and means of addressing the challenges raised in this report in an effective and human rights-compliant manner. 13. Chapter III of this report examines the legal and institutional human rights framework of the United Arab Emirates to combat racism. Chapter IV addresses a number of key issues in the fight against racism, presenting the views shared with the Special Rapporteur both by government officials and civil society. Finally, the conclusions and recommendations of the Special Rapporteur are presented in chapter V. III. Legal and institutional human rights framework A. Constitutional provisions 14. Parts two and three of the Constitution of the United Arab Emirates contain provisions of particular relevance to the mandate of the Special Rapporteur. These include article 14 which states that “Equality, social justice, ensuring safety and security and equality of opportunity for all citizens shall be the pillars of the society”; article 25 which prescribes that “All persons are equal before the law, and there shall be no discrimination among citizens of the Federation on grounds of origin, ethnicity, religious belief or social status”; and article 40 which affirms that “Foreigners in the Federation enjoy the rights and freedoms recognized in the applicable international covenants, treaties and conventions to which the Federation is a party and incur the corresponding obligations.” In addition, other human rights relating to, inter alia, education, medical care, employment, freedom of movement, freedom of opinion and expression, freedom of assembly, prohibition of forced labour, are also guaranteed by the Constitution. 15. While expressing his appreciation that a range of human rights are protected by the Constitution, the Special Rapporteur is concerned by the fact that some fundamental human rights are granted to Emirati citizens, but not to non-citizens residing on the United Arab Emirates territory. For instance, the above-mentioned articles 14 and 25 specifically refer to rights granted to Emirati citizens. In addition, article 19 stipulates that “Medical care and means of prevention and treatment of diseases and epidemics shall be ensured by the community for all citizens”; article 26 prescribes that “Personal freedom is guaranteed to all citizens”; article 29 states that “Freedom of movement and residence is guaranteed to 6 GE.10-12576