A/HRC/31/27 50. On 30 June 2015, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance called upon Governments throughout the world to boost their efforts to stop the widespread practice of racial and ethnic profiling. He urged States to adopt international standards and to pass specific legislation to counter the practice. 51. In her statement delivered at the end of her mission to Myanmar, from 3 to 7 August 2015, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar regretted that her request to visit Rakhine State had been denied by the Government. The Special Rapporteur explained that it was her duty to continue to highlight the serious human rights violations committed in Rakhine State and to make principled but constructive recommendations. She added that more had to and could be done to address the legal status of the Rohingya and the institutionalized discrimination faced by that community. 52. The Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief conducted a mission to Bangladesh from 31 August to 9 September 2015. At the end of the mission, on 9 September, the Special Rapporteur released a statement in which he pointed out that the Constitution of Bangladesh, which enshrined the principle of secularism while proclaiming Islam as the official State religion, gave rise to ambiguities that had a direct impact on human rights in the country, including the protection of religious minorities. He called upon the State authorities to bring the existing norms and practices into line with the right of everyone to freedom of religion or belief and freedom of expression, as enshrined in the Constitution. 53. The Special Rapporteur on minority issues conducted a mission to Brazil from 14 to 24 September 2015. On September 24, the Special Rapporteur delivered a statement, in which affirmed that Brazil was on the right track in developing laws and policies to address discrimination, racism and injustice. Many legislative developments, while having an impact in the long term, did not meet the urgent demands that disadvantaged minorities often wanted and needed. She urged the Brazilian authorities to take immediate measures to overcome serious structural challenges. VI. Universal periodic review 54. At the beginning of 2015, the Special Rapporteur on minority issues published the findings of her research on the recommendations made during the first cycle of the universal periodic review relevant to minorities.2 The study revealed that 112 Member States had addressed 895 recommendations on national, ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities to 137 Member States. Minorities were the ninth-most discussed topic during the first cycle of the review process, and accounted for 4.2 per cent of the 21,353 recommendations made. Most recommendation on minorities were addressed to European States (43), followed by African States (28). 55. The Human Rights Council adopted the reports of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review on numerous States at its twenty-eighth, twenty-ninth and thirtieth sessions. 56. In the above-mentioned reports, several States made recommendations relating to (a) legislative and practical measures to ensure the promotion and protection of minority rights; (b) measures aimed at protecting minorities against discrimination, particularly in employment, housing, health, education and access to justice; (c) strengthening efforts to 2 12 Available from www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/IEMinorities/MinoritiesIssues1stcycleUPRProcess.pdf.