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• to decide to discontinue the case with no further monitoring. The chair of the CHR makes a public statement listing the states under consideration and the states that are no longer subject to scrutiny. Tens of thousands of 1503 communications are received each year. Due to the confidentiality of the proceedings, it is not possible to determine the number of complaints concerned with violations of minority rights, MINORITY RIGHTS: A GUIDE TO UNITED NATIONS PROCEDURES AND INSTITUTIONS but it may be safely assumed that they constitute a large proportion of the communications submitted. Again, minorities can benefit from using this avenue, in particular when neither treaty-based complaints procedures nor applicable thematic or country-specific special procedures are available. However, it is a very political procedure; the member states of the CHR take the final decision on any action to be taken. A communication under the 1503 Procedure should be sent to the OHCHR (see Annex 6.1 for contact details). 35

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Minority Rights: A Guide to United Nations Procedures and Institutions

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Publication Year: 2004

Description: The aim of this guide is to demystify the human rights mechanisms and procedures of the United Nations (UN)and to demonstrate how minorities and minority non-governmental organizations (NGOs) can use these tools to promote respect for minority rights. The guide gives an overview of the mechanisms available, highlights their strengths and weaknesses as instruments for minorities to use in their work, and emphasizes NGOs’ contributions.

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