A/HRC/49/46 2019 mission report to the country, as well to the importance of complying with the international human rights obligations of Kyrgyzstan in areas such as education and equal access to public services and political participation of minorities. He in particular emphasized the need to adopt inclusive language approaches and to avoid approaches that could be considered discriminatory for significant minority communities such as Uzbek and Russian speakers, and cautioned against the denial of the human rights of minorities where the exclusive use of the state language could breach fundamental principles of international law such as freedom of expression and non-discrimination by excluding the use of minority languages. 44. On 23 December 2021 the Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Dr Fernand de Varennes, gave a podcast interview on Language as a Human Right. The podcast is part of the broadcast series ‘Much Language Such Talk’ conducted at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. 25