A/73/305 I. Activities of the Special Rapporteur 1. A. The present report is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 72/157. Country visits 2. The Special Rapporteur expresses her gratitude to the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for the cooperation extended to her during her official country visit from 30 April to 11 May 2018. 3. The Special Rapporteur would like to thank the Governments of Brazil, Morocco, the Netherlands, Poland and Qatar for accepting her country visit reports. She urges Member States to respond positively to her outstanding requests 1 and urges the Government of Colombia to reverse its decision to postpone consideration of her country visit request. B. Other activities 4. The activities of the Special Rapporteur from November to March 2018 are reflected in her report to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-eighth session (A/HRC/38/52). On 6 and 7 June, the Special Rapporteur participated in side events and informal meetings held on the margins of the fifth round of negotiations on the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. On 25 and 26 June, the Rapporteur participated in an expert round table on the theme “Citizenship stripping as a security measure” held in The Hague. 5. The Special Rapporteur presented her first report to the Human Rights Council on 2 July 2018 and took part in two parallel events: one on the draft declaration on the promotion and full respect of human rights of people of African descent and another on the theme “Challenging contemporary forms of racism, including laws, policies, practices and narratives against migrants and others associated with migration”. She also convened a civil society consultation entitled “Building an international human rights anti-racism agenda in the shadow of populist nationalism”. II. The threat of nationalist populism to racial equality A. Introduction: nationalist populism 6. Popular sovereignty and a commitment to national prosperity are principles entirely consistent with international human rights standards and have played important roles in the global pursuit of racial equality. However, ascendant nationalist populist ideologies and strategies pose a sobering threat to racial equality by fuelling discrimination, intolerance and the creation of institutions and structures that will have enduring legacies of racial exclusion. The Special Rapporteur condemns nationalist populism that advances exclusionary or repressive practices and policies that harm individuals or groups on the basis of their race, ethnicity, national origin and religion, in combination with gender, sexual orientation, disability status, migratory status or other related social categories. As nationalist populism in different forms has increased in popularity, many concerned with international human rights have spoken out regarding its dangers. The objectives of the present report are: (a) to contribute a measure of analytical clarity to human rights debates regarding __________________ 1 4/22 Listed in A/HRC/38/52, para. 2. 18-12945