6 world’s many changes and challenges, including the impact of social media and the rise of hate speech and incitement to violence. For minorities, such an instrument elaborated with their equal participation would give a chance to engage with the UN and states not only as victims of human rights violations but as responsible agents in the making of norms that govern their lives. The UN Secretary General should commission a high-level panel to assess the inadequacies of the current normative regime and suggest concrete ways forward on a minority rights treaty. - To have a dialogue and to have constructive conditions and requires more than less than a two day forum, it needs a permanent forum alternating between New York and Geneva so that there is time opportunity to truly engage with all interested parties, not be forced into an extraordinarily tight 2 minute race to express all your hopes and grievances,