Notes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 44 For detailed information on the ILO, see Roy, C. and Kaye, M., The International Labour Organization: A Handbook for Minorities and Indigenous Peoples, London, MRG, 2002; for information on European legislation see, Barnes, C. and Olsthoorn, M., The Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities: A Guide for Non-Governmental Organizations, London, MRG, 1999, see: http://www.minorityrights.org. UN press release SG/SM/9126/Rev.1, 11/02/2004. Article 18, Vienna Convention Law of Treaties, 1969. Resolution 217 C (III) of 10 December 1948. UN agencies have other relevant instruments that may be of interest, including: ILO Convention (No. 111) concerning Discrimination in respect of Employment and Occupation, ILO Convention (No. 169) concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries and the UNESCO Convention Against Discrimination in Education. Also: UN Convention on the Status of Stateless Persons, UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, UN Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief. Article 1, ICERD. With the exception of the ICESCR, all the committees were established by the treaty. The CESCR was established by an ECOSOC Resolution and is therefore a subsidiary of ECOSOC. For detailed information on the monitoring of ICERD see: Tanaka, A. with Yoshinobu, N., The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination: A Guide for NGOs, London, MRG and IMADR, 2001, available at: http://www.minorityrights.org. For guidelines on NGO shadow reports to the CRC, see: NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child, A Guide for Non-Governmental Organisations Reporting to the Committee on the Rights of the Child, 1998, available at: http://www.crin.org/ docs/resources/ publications/NGOCRC/NGOCRC-Guide-en.pdf The committee secretariat can provide more information about the procedures that the committee follows. See also the comparison of working methods at: http://www. bayefsky.com/getfile.php/id/9232. UN Doc. CCPR/CO/78/SVK. See, UN Doc. CERD/C/64/CO/2. Ethiopia, UN Doc. CEDAW/C/2004/I/CRP.3/Add.7/Rev.1, and Nepal, UN Doc. CEDAW/C/2004/I/CRP.3/Rev.1. UN Doc. E/C.12/1/Add.94. For texts, see: Compilation of General Comments and General Recommendations Adopted by Human Rights Treaty Bodies, in UN document HRI/GEN/1/Rev. 6. Available from the OHCHR website: http://www.unhchr.ch. Ibid., pp. 158–61. This was taken as the basis for the 1992 UNDM. Alfredsson, G., ‘Different forms of and claims to the right of self-determination’, in D. Clarke and R. Williamson (eds), Self-Determination: International Perspectives, Macmillan Press and St Martin’s Press, 1996, pp. 58–86. UN document HRI/GEN/1/Rev.6, p. 148. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 See section 2 for more details. Article 25 of the ICCPR provides an exception inasmuch as only citizens are entitled to vote and run for office in elections. UN Doc. HRI/GEN/1/Rev.6, p. 156. Ibid., p. 133. Ibid., pp. 203–4. Ibid., p. 202. Ibid., pp. 204–5. Ibid., pp. 214–15. Ibid., pp. 216–21. For more information on thematic discussions, see section 6. Ibid., pp. 223–9. Ibid., pp. 45–9. Ibid., pp. 70–85. The CESCR in General Comment no. 3 on Article 2 said that: ‘a minimum core obligation to ensure the satisfaction of, at the very least, minimum essential levels of each of the rights is incumbent upon every State party’. Ibid., pp. 85–105. Ibid., pp. 105–22. Committees will consider domestic remedies to be exhausted if they are not available or if there has been an unreasonable delay in proceedings. This is to stop states from keeping a case pending for years without dealing with it. Dante Piandiong et al. v. The Philippines, CCPR/C/70/D/869/ 1999. MRG internal document, 2002. For more information on special procedures, see: The Law Society and Amnesty International, The United Nations Thematic Mechanisms 2002: An Overview of their Work and Mandates, 2002, available at: http://www.amnesty.org. UN press release, 24 March 2003. MRG press release, 14 October 2003. See, UN. Doc. E/CN.4/2003/9. States pay into voluntary funds that are used to facilitate participation of NGOs in the work of the UN. There is a voluntary fund for indigenous populations that facilitates the attendance of indigenous representatives at meetings such as the Working Group on Indigenous Populations and the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. For more information on SRs generally, see section 4.2 and on a possible mechanism on minorities see section 1. UN Doc. E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.5/2001/2. The full report of the Mauritius visit can be found in document E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.5/2002/2 on the OHCHR website. The full report of the visit to Finland will be available at the 56th Session of the Sub-Commission. Note: contact details are liable to change, please check before sending your documents, etc. Source: UN fact sheet no. 7, http://www.unhchr.ch/html/ menu6/2/annex2.pdf. As at April 2004. MINORITY RIGHTS: A GUIDE TO UNITED NATIONS PROCEDURES AND INSTITUTIONS