United Nations General Assembly A/HRC/34/50/Add.1 Distr.: General 28 December 2016 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-fourth session 27 February-24 March 2017 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion and belief on his mission to Denmark Note by the Secretariat The Secretariat has the honour to transmit to the Human Rights Council the report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Heiner Bielefeldt, on his mission to Denmark from 13 to 22 March 2016. In the report, the Special Rapporteur describes the special role of a State church (“Folkekirke”) and its human rights implications in a society marked by secularization and increasing religious or belief-related pluralism. He also addresses the situation of religious and belief minorities, including Muslims, Jews, Catholics, Baptists, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Humanists and Scientologists. GE.16-23063(E) 