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violations, organized by the International Dalit Solidarity Network at the United Nations
Office at Geneva on 18 September.
22.
On 18 September, he also participated in the global expert consultation co-organized
by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the Committee on the
Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families on a joint
general recommendation/comment on public policies for addressing xenophobia and its
impact on human rights, in partnership with the Graduate Institute’s Global Migration Centre,
the Geneva Human Rights Platform of the Geneva Academy and OHCHR.
23.
He delivered concluding remarks at a side event on the theme “Fighting antisemitism
through peer-to-peer learning”, organized by the World Jewish Congress on 24 September.
24.
On 30 September, he gave a keynote speech at the European Centre for Minority
Issues workshop on the theme “The law of diversity: new theoretical and practical
perspectives on diversity accommodation for minority groups” in Flensburg, Germany.
25.
He intervened as a panelist in a side event of the fifty-seventh session of the Human
Rights Council on the theme “Human rights, a cultural heritage”, organized by the Asian
Buddhist Conference for Peace and the Dharma Alliance at the United Nations Office at
Geneva on 4 October.
26.
He took part in a United Nations workshop on intersectionality dialogues focused on
gender and anti-racism aimed at strengthening the integration of those issues within the
human rights system and enhancing their analysis among United Nations human rights
experts, organized by OHCHR on 10 and 11 October.
27.
He participated in the launch event of the revised first thematic commentary on
education of the Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of
National Minorities of the Council of Europe, in Strasbourg on 17 October. He also had
working meetings with the newly elected Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, Alain
Berset, and the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O’Flaherty, as
well as members of the European Court of Human Rights.
28.
On 31 October and 1 November, he was invited by the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to the 2024 Global Education Meeting, held
in Fortaleza, Brazil, where he intervened in a panel on empowering indigenous peoples and
linguistic and cultural minorities through education, as an implementation mechanism of
Sustainable Development Goal 4.5, which aims to eliminate gender disparities and ensure
equitable access to education for vulnerable groups. In addition, he intervened in a side event
related to the future of education and contributed to a panel on equity and inclusion.
29.
He presented his annual thematic report to the Third Committee of the General
Assembly on 4 November in New York.
30.
He delivered a keynote speech at the vernissage of the 2024 edition of the International
Art Contest for Minority Artists, organized in Geneva by OHCHR, Freemuse, Minority
Rights Group International, the City of Geneva and the Centre des Arts of the International
School of Geneva on 6 November.
31.
On 5 December, he delivered a keynote address to the National Assembly of Hungary
at the Interparliamentary Conference on Cultural Heritage and the Identity of Traditional
Minorities organized within the framework of the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of
the European Union.
32.
He participated in the thirtieth annual meeting of special rapporteurs, independent
experts and chairs of working groups, held at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 9 to
13 December.
D.
Forum on Minority Issues
33.
The seventeenth session of the Forum on Minority Issues was held on 28 and
29 November 2024 in Geneva, with measures in place to accommodate prerecorded
interventions. The theme was “The representation and self-representation of minorities in
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