expose its capacity to articulate state power in terms of economic growth rather than welfare. (8) Climate Justice: Minority rights is also closely connected to the issue of climate justice. Minorities and indigenous peoples are the primary victims of damaging impacts of environmental catastrophe, emanating from reckless exploitation of natural resources often in minority areas. Normative frameworks for minority protection should, therefore, engage with and build on the legal architecture for climate justice as part of the UN mechanism. As we mark the 30th anniversary of the Declaration, perhaps it is important to reflect on this and take concrete actions before it is too late. Recommendations (1) More rigorous legal norms must be devised on state responsibility and state accountability in the area of economic development affecting minority interests (2) Building on Article 2(3) of the Declaration on Minorities dealing with the right to participate in decision-making processes, a more specific provision needs to be devised for meaningful participation in development decision making – both individual and collective capacities (3) Normative frameworks for minority protection need to engage with and build on the legal architecture for climate justice as part of the UN mechanism. (4) The minority question in postcolonial states is intrinsically connected to the decolonisation process and the creation of new states. Thus, special status of minorities (compared to other vulnerable social groups, which also experience discrimination on the ground of sex, age, disability, and so on), should be acknowledged in relevant international and national legal norms and their implementation. (5) Constitutional recognition and protection of the minority identity and culture should be guaranteed to mitigate problems emanating from the hegemonic process of homogeneous nation-building in majoritarian terms. 3/4