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- Promoting and Protecting Minority Rights
All this is in addition to already established work on minority rights, which includes field-presence engagement on minority issues, capacity-building for minority rights activists through the Minorities Fellowship Programme, supporting the mandate of the Independent Expert on minority issues and the annual Forum on Minority Issues
- Minorities being left behind with growing inequality, discrimination . . .
NEW YORK (21 October 2021) – The United Nations’ pledge to “leave no one behind” is failing many because development is prioritized over people and there is insufficient focus on the most marginalized communities, especially minorities, a UN expert told the General Assembly today
- OHCHR and minorities | OHCHR
OHCHR’s work on minority rights Minority rights are an integral part of the United Nations’ work for the promotion and protection of human rights, sustainable human development, peace and security
- United Nations Guide for Minorities | OHCHR
The Guide is currently being updated and expanded Many States have minorities within their borders Although no firm statistics exist, estimates suggest that 10 to 20 per cent of the world's population belong to minorities This means that between 600 million and 1 2 billion people are in need of special measures for the protection of their rights, given that minorities are often among the
- About minorities and human rights | OHCHR
The outcome document of the 2005 World Summit of Heads of State and Government, approved by the General Assembly, notes that “the promotion and protection of the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious, and linguistic minorities contributes to political and social stability and peace and enriches the cultural diversity and heritage of society”
- Minorities, Discrimination and Statelessness | OHCHR
It is estimated that more than 75% of the world’s known stateless populations are members of minority groups Statelessness intersects with and exacerbates barriers already faced by minorities and other disadvantaged groups It further limits their access to services and the enjoyment of their human rights
- Minorities | OHCHR
Minority rights are an integral part of the United Nations work for the promotion and protection of human rights, sustainable human development, peace and security Our office plays a leading role within the UN system in this respect We support the various UN human rights mechanisms that work to further the rights of minorities worldwide We lead the work of the UN Network on Racial
- Language Droits linguistiques Rights of desLinguistic minorités . . .
uages, processes of assimilation, and a decline in the number of minority-language users She identified and discussed nine areas of concern: (1) threats to the existence of minority languages and linguistic minorities; (2) recognition of minority languages and linguistic rights; (3) the use of minority languages in public life; (4) minority
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