18 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES / APPENDIX 1. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES This short guide presents a brief overview of international norms related to the human rights of minorities, and describes the United Nations mechanisms for the protection of minority rights. This text is supplemented by short animated videos, as well as PowerPoint presentations, which present this information in a shortened, simplified format. [Link] Additional resources can be found on the website, www.minorityforum.info. This website contains a database of documents from the Forum on Minority Issues, including statements and recommendations, other UN documents relevant to minorities, a library of minority rights standards, a video library, links to other datasets, news, and documentation from the Regional Forums on Minority Issues. For those interested in additional guides on minority rights, Appendix 1 contains a list of additional guides that are accessible on Minority Forum Info. APPENDIX 1: ADDITIONAL GUIDES ON MINORITY RIGHTS Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A Guide for Minorities and Indigenous Peoples, Minority Rights Group International, Ed. Margot E. Salomon, 2005. This guide introduces a number of specific economic, social and cultural rights and explains how they may empower minorities and indigenous peoples. Its analysis, examples and ideas will help to ensure that minorities and indigenous peoples enjoy a central role in the dynamic and growing movement for economic, social and cultural rights. Designed for community organizations, the publication is a practical, user-friendly, advocacy tool in relation to the economic, social and cultural rights of minorities and indigenous peoples. ICERD and CERD: A Guide for Civil Society Actors, International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism (IMADR), Daisuke Shirane, 2011. The Guide importantly combines an illuminating account of the norms and standards of ICERD together with an analysis of the procedures, employing explanatory case studies where appropriate. The Convention is not an easy instrument to understand. The Guide takes the reader to first base and beyond; putting knowledge into practical effect necessitates further applied analysis and reflection, and hard work. APPENDIX 1. Know your rights: a community guide to the UN Declaration on Minorities, Minority Rights Group International, Nicole Girard, 2012. This guide aims to celebrate the international recognition of minority rights and to help community activists protect their rights at the national and local levels. We hope this guide will promote awareness of the Declaration among minority communities and help ensure that more governments respect the principles that it contains. Marginalised Minorities in Development Programming, United Nations Development Programme, Corinne Lennox, 2010. This guide highlights the positive impact that the integration of minority issues can have on development programming processes. While recognizing that diverse development situations involve different challenges and require specific solutions, the document provides practical guidance by drawing on various standards and principles and by providing examples and entry points. The Guide is primarily intended for UNDP country office practitioners and those with policy advisory responsibilities, but it may also serve as a reference document for other UN agencies, multilateral organizations, government counterparts and institutions, and civil society organizations. Minority Rights: A Guide to United Nations Procedures and Institutions, Minority Rights Group International and Raoul Wallenburg Institute, Gudmundur Alfredsson and Erika Ferrer, revised by Kathryn Ramsay, 2004. The aim of this guide is to demystify the human rights mechanisms and procedures of the United Nations (UN)and to demonstrate how minorities and minority non-governmental organizations (NGOs) can use these tools to promote respect for minority rights. The guide gives an overview of the mechanisms available, highlights their strengths and weaknesses as instruments for minorities to use in their work, and emphasizes NGOs’ contributions. Minority Rights: International Standards and Guidance for Implementation, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2010. This publication was prepared by OHCHR to raise additional awareness, among its staff and colleagues in other United Nations organizations and specialized agencies, of minority rights and the impediments minorities face in the enjoyment of these rights. It is expected that this publication will assist United Nations colleagues to help strengthen programmes for minorities at the country level based on the principles established in relevant international human rights instruments and documents, in particular the United Nations Minorities Declaration. 19