A/HRC/37/66 to the General Assembly18 and were based on the statistics and database of UPR Info.19 In the report, she noted that the recommendations made at the twenty-sixth session of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review had not been included in the overall electronic database. All the statistics and data gathered in the last round of research therefore reflected the outcomes of the thirteenth to twenty-fifth sessions. 53. The final report on minority issues in the second cycle of the universal periodic review will eventually be posted on the Special Rapporteur’s web page. The report on the first cycle of the review is already available. 20 VII. Language rights of linguistic minorities: a practical guide for implementation 54. In March 2017, the previous Special Rapporteur launched Language Rights of Linguistic Minorities: A Practical Guide for Implementation. Available in the six official languages of the United Nations, the guide is intended to serve as a practical tool to clarify the rights of linguistic minorities with regard to language use and preferences. It provides a framework for understanding and implementing a human rights approach to language in such a way that States can more effectively comply with their international obligations. 55. The Guide sets out how language rights emanate from specific human rights involving international human rights treaties and standards. Those rights are enshrined in the provisions of international human rights law, including the prohibition of discrimination, the right to freedom of expression, the right to a private life, the right to education and the right of linguistic minorities to use their own language with others in their group. Those rights have also been further developed in a variety of guiding documents and international standards, such as the Declaration on the Rights of Minorities, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Three Principles on Language and Education, the recommendations of the Forum on Minority Issues on implementing the Declaration on the Rights of Minorities, the Council of Europe Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Thematic Commentary No. 3 on the language rights of persons belonging to national minorities under the Framework Convention, OSCE Oslo Recommendations regarding the linguistic rights of national minorities and the Hague Recommendations regarding the education rights of national minorities. Those documents describe similar basic approaches to enable State authorities to meet their human rights obligations relating to language, including the following: (a) Respecting the integral place of language rights as human rights; (b) Recognizing and promoting tolerance, cultural and linguistic diversity and mutual respect, understanding and cooperation among all segments of society; (c) Putting in place legislation and policies that address linguistic rights and prescribe a clear framework for their implementation; (d) Implementing their human rights obligations by generally following the proportionality principle in the use of or support for different languages by State authorities, and the principle of linguistic freedom for private parties; (e) Integrating the concept of “active offer” as an integral part of public services to acknowledge a State’s obligation to respect and provide for language rights, so that those using minority languages do not have to specifically request such services but can easily access them when the need arises; (f) Putting in place effective complaint mechanisms before judicial, administrative and executive bodies to address and redress linguistic rights issues. 18 19 20 12 See A/72/165, paras. 89–96. See www.upr-info.org. See www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Minorities/SRMinorities/Pages/UPRProcess.aspx.