A/HRC/55/51 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 6 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 Promoting diversity on minority issues to strengthen the universal dimension of human rights Report of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Nicolas Levrat* Summary In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Nicolas Levrat, provides his vision and understanding of minority issues, his main priorities for the mandate and an overview of the envisaged thematic reports for the coming years. The report also contains an overview of the activities of the previous Special Rapporteur in 2023, in addition to reflections on the sixteenth session of the Forum on Minority Issues. The Special Rapporteur concludes his report with some conclusions and recommendations. * Agreement was reached to publish the present report after the standard publication date owing to circumstances beyond the submitter’s control. GE.24-00944(E)