A/HRC/55/51/Add.2 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 13 February 2024 Original: English Human Rights Council Fifty-fifth session 26 February–5 April 2024 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Visit to Tajikistan Report of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Fernand de Varennes*, ** Summary In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Fernand de Varennes, discusses his official visit to Tajikistan, which was conducted at the invitation of the Government from 9 to 20 October 2023, to evaluate the situation of minorities in the country. * The present report was submitted after the deadline due to circumstances beyond the submitter’s control. ** 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 Russian only. GE.24-00946 (E) 130224 130224