A/HRC/46/57 four panels looking more closely to the vastly disproportionate, and growing, targeting and scapegoating of minorities in social media for hate and incitement to violence and discrimination. 13. On 23 October 2020, the Special Rapporteur participated in the annual meeting of the European Language Equality Network Steering Committee Plus and discussed on the pandemic and minority languages, as well as the conclusions and recommendations of his 2019 mission report to Spain. 14. On 26 October 2020, the Special Rapporteur made introductory remarks and participated in the online conference “Minority Protection and Ethnic Groups’ Rights in Central and Central Eastern Europe” organised by the Federal Union of European Nationalities and the Cultural Foundation of German Expellees for Science and Research (Kulturstiftung der deutschen Vertriebenen für Wissenschaft und Forschung). 15. On 12 November 2020, the Special Rapporteur participated in the online consultation on anti-Muslim hatred online and Islamophobia organised by his colleague, the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or beliefs. 16. On 18 November 2020, the Special Rapporteur participated in Mexico’s National Transparency Week in an international conference on “Public Health and Transparency, the Importance of Public Information to Face Sanitary Crises” organised by the Mexican National Institute for Transparency, Access to Information and Personal Data Protection. 17. On 19 and 20 November 2020, the Special Rapporteur guided the 13th Forum on Minority Issues, held virtually this year exceptionally because of the pandemic on the theme of Hate Speech, Social Media and Minorities. Some 300 participants discussed during four panels the most significant areas of concern in relation to hate speech, social media and minorities, including on the causes, scale and impact of hate speech targeting minorities in social media, the international legal and institutional framework, the regulation of online hate speech, the role and responsibility of intergovernmental organisations, States, internet companies and social media platforms; and positive initiatives to address online hate speech. 18. On 8 December 2020, the Special Rapporteur made introductory remarks at the presentation of the results of the Justice and Social Equality Programme of the OHCHR Regional Office for Central Asia in collaboration with the Government of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan as well as the support of the European Union and the United Nations Peace Fund. He also on the same day participated online in an expert panel on discrimination in the justice system during the regional dialogue for the Latin America and Caribbean region on Promoting and Protecting the Rights of People of African Descent and their Communities in the Context of COVID-19 and Implementing the International Decade for People of African Descent, the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development and the 2030 Agenda. 19. On 15 December 2020, the Special Rapporteur made the closing remarks and was presented the recommendations for the advocacy training workshop held online and in Baghdad on the preservation and protection of minority languages in Iraq organised by the JSSOR Youth Organization with the support of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq and the OHCHR. 20. On 23 December 2020, the Special Rapporteur participated in the webinar entitled “Covid-19: I am minority do I matter?”, organised by the Swedish Institute Network of Future Global Leaders Malmö. 21. The Special Rapporteur also intervened in various capacities, including in an intervention to the Facebook Oversight Board in relation to its first 6 cases, three of which concerned hate speech and had some relation to minority issues. He drew special attention to the need to incorporate a minority rights approach and retain focus on the overarching aim of protecting vulnerable and marginalised groups which are in most cases minorities. 22. The Special Rapporteur also conducted numerous media interviews concerning his mandate and minority rights issues globally. 20