ACFC/56DOC(2016)001 CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 PART I INTRODUCTION 4 PART II THE RIGHT TO FREE SELF-IDENTIFICATION 7 1. General considerations 7 2. Free self-identification in the context of census and other general data collection processes 8 PART III APPROACHES TAKEN BY STATES PARTIES TO THE SCOPE OF APPLICATION OF THE FRAMEWORK CONVENTION 10 1. Declarations and reservations at the time of ratification 10 2. Criteria applied by states parties 12 PART IV CONTEXT-SPECIFIC ARTICLE-BY-ARTICLE APPROACH DEVELOPED BY THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE 17 1. Fundamental principles 17 2. Practice 18 PART V FRAMEWORK CONVENTION RIGHTS APPLYING TO ALL PERSONS 21 1. Protection against discrimination – Article 6 21 2. Education and the media as tools for integration – Articles 6(1) and 12 23 PART VI MINORITY RIGHTS WITH A BROAD SCOPE OF APPLICATION 25 1. Equality – Article 4 25 2. Culture – Article 5 26 3. Association and religion – Articles 7 and 8 26 4. Media – Article 9 27 5. Language – Articles 10(1), 10(3), 11(1) and 11(2) 28 6. Education – Articles 12(3), 14(1) and 14(3) 28 7. Participation – Article 15 29 PART VII MINORITY RIGHTS WITH A SPECIFIC SCOPE OF APPLICATION 31 PART VIII CONCLUSIONS 33 2