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15.
On 31 July and 1 August 2014, she participated in a conference in Krakow, Poland,
organized by TernYpe International Roma Youth Network, to commemorate the 70th
anniversary of Roma Holocaust Day on 2 August.
16.
On 3 September 2014, she participated as a guest speaker in a seminar on
“Incitement to hatred, xenophobia and related intolerance in cyberspace”, in Minsk, which
was organized by OHCHR and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus.
17.
On 18 September 2014, the Special Rapporteur participated as a panellist in the
Human Rights Council panel discussion on “The role of prevention and protection of
human rights”, in Geneva.
18.
On 24 September 2014, she participated as an expert in the round table on “Persons
with albinism: violence, discrimination and way forward”, organized by OHCHR and the
Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, in Geneva.
19.
On 23 October 2014, the non-governmental organization (NGO) Committee on
Freedom of Religion or Belief organized a discussion with the Special Rapporteurs on
minority issues and on freedom of religion or belief, at the Bahá’í International Community
New York Office.
20.
On 19 November 2014, she participated in the round table on “The role of education
in the prevention of atrocity crimes” organized by the Central European University, in
Budapest, and on 20 and 21 November, she spoke at the 7th Budapest Human Rights
Forum.
Statements
21.
The Special Rapporteur issued public statements, many jointly with other mandates,
highlighting issues of concern involving minorities,2 including: on 26 March 2014, calling
on the Vietnamese authorities to intervene in a case of forced eviction of the last remaining
residents of Con Dau, home to a small Catholic community; 7 April, on the human rights
situation of the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar, raising the alarm on the further
deterioration of their human rights situation; 8 April, marking International Roma Day,
calling for inclusion of Roma in decision-making processes; 10 April, to the Cameroonian
authorities regarding the eviction and demolition of houses of a Mbororo pastoralist
community; 25 April, regarding the evacuation of religious minorities under threat in the
Central African Republic; 19 May, expressing alarm to the Government of Sudan over the
death sentence imposed on a pregnant Christian woman and urging the repeal of
discriminatory legislation on the grounds of gender and religion; 21 May, to the
Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran urging it to halt the execution of two Ahwazi
Arab human rights activists.
22.
The Special Rapporteur, together with other mandate holders, issued joint
statements: on 2 July 2014, urging the Government of Sri Lanka to take measures to stop
racial and faith-based hatred and violence against Muslim and Christian communities;
23 July, calling on the Government of Nigeria to address the situation of over three million
internally displaced persons; 25 July, regarding threats to several minority groups in Iraq by
the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL); 31 July, to commemorate the 70th
anniversary of the Roma Holocaust, calling on governments for stronger measures and
initiatives to keep the memory of the Roma Holocaust alive; 12 August, warning of the
danger of massacre of the Yazidi population in Northern Iraq by ISIL; 14 August,
2
Links to the Special Rapporteur’s press releases can be found on her webpage, www.ohchr.org/
en/issues/minorities/iexpert/pages/ieminorityissuesindex.aspx.
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