Minority Rights Group International

Rights of the Batwa minority

Therefore, a process for determining the future status of Kosovo, with timelines and guarantees for the protection of minority rights and other human rights, is an attractive approach.

Human rights situation in ethnic minority areas

Rahim Ahwaz is an Iranian human rights activist focusing on ethnic minority rights.

A parallel event on Minority Rights and NHRIs was organized by the NI and Minority Units, including minority fellows, during the sixteenth session of ICC.

ADALAH Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel

Minority protection is based on four requirements protection of the existence, non exclusion, non discrimination and non assimilation of the groups concerned.

The Charter enshrines human rights, minority rights and equal rights before the law regardless of ethnicity, religion or beliefs.

Consider supporting the development of an international convention on minority rights and the establishment of a uniform definition of a minority

ADALAH The Legal Centre for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Shafa'amr

Resolving Kosovo s status is also a necessity for the province s Serb minority, who continue to live in uncertainty, not knowing whether to look to Belgrade or Pristina for protection of their rights.

If carried out, the proposed reductions should by no means affect the financial resources envisaged for security and the protection of minority rights, including freedom of movement and the right of return.

Minority rights, institutional checks on government power, human rights the liberal aspects of democracy are entirely absent.

Protection and human rights

protection of consumer rights

protection of consumer rights

(The German population in Elsass Lothringen in France has no minority rights.

Finland and Germany were not asked to sign a minority rights treaty.

But protection of their existence goes beyond the duty not to destroy or deliberately weaken minority groups.

The research resulted in the publication of volumes on the protection of vulnerable groups, the protection of minorities, the protection of women's rights, the protection of the rights of indigenous peoples, and the protection of economic, social and cultural rights.

The constitution guarantees rights for minority languages, however there are 13 municipalities with German minority constituting 10 of population, which qualifies for such provisions.

It also strongly recommends that the State party allow United Nations bodies for the protection and promotion of human rights to visit the areas in which members of the Hmong minority have taken refuge.

Protection of intellectual property rights

Human rights and child protection

Consequently, the exercise of rights under the Declaration must not negatively affect the enjoyment of human rights for persons who do not belong to a minority, nor for persons who belong to the minority.

Promotion and protection of human rights

Promotion and protection of human rights

Promotion and protection of human rights

promotion and protection of human rights

Ms. Telalian (Greece) said that, in accordance with the Lausanne Treaty of 1923, special minority rights were granted only to members of the Muslim minority in Thrace.

Iran s main opposition has also failed to address the critical issue of ethnic minority rights.

Assist States in establishing special prosecution mechanisms to deal with gross violation of minority rights

The Committee reiterates its recommendation that the State party should take effective measures to encourage the protection of the rights of children belonging to minority groups and eliminate the impunity enjoyed by those who harass these groups.

In their efforts to preserve the collective identity of the minority, agencies of the minority concerned cannot on the basis of the Declaration adopt measures which interfere with the individual human rights of any person belonging to that minority.

Treaties for the protection of human rights

Cooperate with Governments in developing training manuals and exercises to sensitize and increase awareness about human rights and minority rights of government officials, police, judiciary and others who are in close contact with minority members on a regular basis

In fact, when it comes to human rights and minority protections, Myanmar may even be regressing.

An enlightened autocrat can be just as protective of minority rights as a solidly democratic government.

They disguise it as national interest, public service or local industry protection, but it is always the same protection of the privileges of a minority over the interest of the majority.

Undertake assessments of their impact on minority rights prior to funding development projects, analysing any adverse effects they may have on minorities, and institute a follow up process to check whether development projects may have been detrimental to minority rights

And how can we tell the Muslim Brotherhood, as we should, that they must respect minority rights, if we don't accept majority rights?

Poverty is a human rights issue and a factor which impedes the full enjoyment by all, including vulnerable minority groups, of those rights.

OHCHR had provided the Working Group with information on the relevant guidelines and practices of NIs in relation to minority issues and a pamphlet on NIs regarding the promotion and protection of the rights of persons belonging to minorities.

The provisions which more specifically address minority language education rights both the teaching of and through the medium of one's mother tongue are generally most developed in certain minority instruments.