A/HRC/25/30 rights obligation, an essential component of good governance, and important in preventing tension and conflict. 68. On 29 March 2013, the Independent Expert on minority issues called on all parties in Bangladesh to return to peaceful demonstrations, following large-scale protests across the country. She stated that “the attacks against the Hindu community are of serious concern, due to the fact that it constitutes a minority group in Bangladesh which has been at risk of violence at various times in the country’s history”. On International Roma Day — 8 April 2013 — the Independent Expert called for the strengthening of political and legislative commitments on the protection of human rights for Roma. 69. On 11 April 2013, during her participation in the fifty-third session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, in Banjul, the Independent Expert warned that hundreds of minority groups across Africa were in dire need of attention and protection, and called on all African States and the international community to act urgently in that regard. 70. On 3 May 2013 — National Albinism Day in the United Republic of Tanzania — the Independent Expert called for international attention to the plight of people living with albinism. “People living with albinism do not fall under the internationally accepted definition of minorities,” she said. “However, their stigma, the lifelong social exclusion and general discrimination they face is a similar experience to those vulnerable racial minorities because of their different skin colour.” 71. On 13 May 2013, the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, together with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and the Independent Expert on minority issues, called for respect for freedom of religion in the Islamic Republic of Iran and the immediate release of the seven Baha’i community leaders being detained solely because of their religious beliefs. 72. On 24 May 2013, a group of independent human rights experts, including the Independent Expert on minority issues, appealed for protection of Dalits against castebased discrimination, which remained widespread and deeply rooted in many countries. Dalits faced marginalization, social and economic exclusion, segregation in housing, limited access to basic services, including water and sanitation, poor employment prospects, and work in conditions similar to slavery. The experts said that Dalit women and girls were particularly vulnerable and faced multiple forms of discrimination and violence, including sexual abuse. Children were also at high risk of being sold and sexually exploited. The experts called on world Governments to endorse and implement the draft United Nations Principles and Guidelines for the Effective Elimination of Discrimination Based on Work and Descent. 73. On 26 July 2013, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association and the Independent Expert on minority issues welcomed the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (Vona v. Hungary (Application No. 35943/10)), which held that associations conveying radical extreme-right messages had no place in democratic societies. “We praise the decision of the European Court of Human Rights, as it represents a much-needed call for action for the defence of the rights and dignity of persons belonging to minorities, Roma people in the present case,” said the Independent Expert. 74. On 21 November 2013, the Independent Expert on minority issues, along with the five-member Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights and the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, called on the 15