A/HRC/44/2 VI. Universal periodic review 344. Pursuant to General Assembly resolution 60/251, Human Rights Council resolutions 5/1 and 16/21, Council decision 17/119 and President’s statements 8/1 and 9/2 on modalities and practices for the universal periodic review process, the Council considered the outcome of the reviews conducted during the thirty-fifth session of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, held from 20 to 31 January 2020. 345. At its 1st meeting, on 30 June 2020, as one of the extraordinary measures to be applied during the forty-fourth session, the Human Rights Council decided that, out of the fourteen States examined during the thirty-fifth session of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, the outcomes of two States, namely Spain and Kuwait, would be considered, based on the preference expressed by these States. The Council also decided that the outcomes of the other twelve States, namely Armenia, Grenada, Guinea, GuineaBissau, Guyana, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Sweden and Turkey, would be considered and adopted at the forty-fifth session, based on the expressed agreement by or in the absence of objections from these States (see chapter I, section D). 346. In accordance with resolution 5/1, the President recalled that all recommendations must be part of the final outcome of the universal periodic review and accordingly, the State under review should clearly communicate its position on all recommendations by indicating that it either “supports” or “notes” them. A. Consideration of universal periodic review outcomes 347. In accordance with paragraph 14 of President’s statement 8/1, section 1 below contains a summary of the views expressed on the outcome of the review by the State under review and by Member and observer States of the Council, as well as general comments made by other stakeholders before the adoption of the outcome by the plenary. Spain 348. The review of Spain was held on 22 January 2020 in conformity with all the relevant provisions contained in relevant Human Rights Council resolutions and decisions, and was based on the following documents: (a) The national report submitted by Spain in accordance with paragraph 15 of the annex to Council resolution 5/1 and paragraph 5 of the annex to Council resolution 16/21 (A/HRC/WG.6/35/ESP/1); (b) The compilation prepared by OHCHR in accordance with paragraph 15 of the annex to Council resolution 5/1 and paragraph 5 of the annex to Council resolution 16/21 (A/HRC/WG.6/35/ESP/2); (c) The summary prepared by OHCHR in accordance with paragraph 15 of the annex to Council resolution 5/1 and paragraph 5 of the annex to Council resolution 16/21 (A/HRC/WG.6/35/ESP/3). 349. At its 25th meeting, on 16 July 2020, the Human Rights Council considered and adopted the outcome of the review of Spain (see sect. B below). 350. The outcome of the review of Spain comprises the report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (A/HRC/44/7) and the views of Spain concerning the recommendations and/or conclusions, as well as its voluntary commitments and its replies to questions or issues that were not sufficiently addressed during the interactive dialogue in GE. 61