7 regional forums and financial support to ensure greater accessibility for minorities in all parts of the world. - We must clarify the scope of international minority protection, focusing on the inclusion of caste- and descent affected groups, and especially refer to minorities with a particularly grave history of exclusion like the Dalits, Roma, and immigrant minorities. Intersectionality needs to be recognised by taking into account a wide range of protected grounds. - In terms of substantive rights, the gaps to be addressed include: citizenship rights without discrimination, economic rights, including land, with a focus on sustainable and inclusive development of minority regions while protecting the natural environment; the right to participation in decisionmaking which needs to reflect existing state practice