• Are women belonging to minorities particularly at risk of abuse and
social exclusion, and what are the precautionary measures in place to
address their situation?
2. Promotion and protection of identity, education and culture
• What types of programmes and actions can be developed to create
favourable conditions that would enable women and men belonging to
minorities to express their characteristics and to develop their culture,
language, religion, traditions and customs?
• How can minorities’ enjoyment of adequate opportunities to learn and/
or have instruction in their mother tongue, including the knowledge of
their history, traditions, language and culture, be ensured?
• In a humanitarian crisis and, in particular, during displacement, how can
the right of children belonging to minorities to learn their mother tongue
be ensured?
3. Promotion and protection of equality and non-discrimination
• Has the State adopted comprehensive constitutional provisions and/or
legislation on non-discrimination, and to what extent do they reflect the
rights and the protection of minorities?
• Are there obvious distinctions in the enjoyment of fundamental human
rights between different groups, including minorities?
• Are allegations of discrimination systematically recorded when the
alleged victims belong to minorities?
• To what extent can the United Nations country team adopt a coordinated
approach to combating both social and institutional discrimination?
• Has discrimination against women belonging to minorities within their
communities been recorded? How is the United Nations acting to protect
their rights?
• Is there discrimination against minority groups in access to basic services
(health care, clean water, food and education)?
• What are the dynamics perpetuating practices of multiple discrimination
and who are the most vulnerable? Which mechanisms can be promoted
to address problems linked to multiple discrimination?
4. Promotion and protection of participation in public life
• Do minorities have access to information on public policies and decisions
taken on their behalf, especially when they are not involved in decisionmaking?
29