UN Forum on Minority Issues Conflict Prevention and the Protection of the Human Rights of Minorities 14th Session, 2 and 3 December 2021 The Greek Minority in Turkey RECOMMENDATIONS The Turkish government is called upon to:  take decisive actions to make the necessary institutional and administrative reforms to reverse discriminatory policies and human rights violations against Greek minority in order to prevent conflicts and atrocity crimes in the future.  invite Greek minority representatives to the Turkish Grand National Assembly so as to actively influence the final provisions of any legislation affecting their rights  revise the law on the National Human Rights Institution (NHRI) in order to make it an independent body which is adequately accountable to the public and which includes the active participation of Greek minority members.  fully implement the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and interpret the 1923 Lausanne Treaty so as to provide equal rights to the Greek Minority in Turkey.  make sustained efforts to prevent and punish hate speech or crimes targeting persons belonging to minorities.  delete all anti-minority references from schoolbooks used for teaching in Turkey, as it forges historic realities, fosters discriminatory behavior against members of the minority and incites hate actions.  grant full legal personality to the Ecumenical Patriarchate, so that the latter may enjoy ownership rights, administration and management.  reopen without any prerequisite the Theological School of Halki with exactly the same status it held before its arbitrary closure in 1971 and lift all obstacles to its proper functioning.