Conceptual Framework for Minority Rights in Planning and Economic FeiIds By: Yosef Jabareen, PhD. Madam High Commissioner Madam Independent Expert, distinguish participants, minorities and civil society representatives. Introduction The "minority question" is among the most critical issues of our contemporary times. Nonetheless, a critical review of the literature on 'minority rights' in general and in the field of 'planning and economic' in particular reveals a striking lack of comprehensive theory or a holistic conceptual framework on minority rights in these fields. Therefore, based on the existing interdisciplinary bodies of knowledge and practices regarding minority planning and economic human rights, I propose a new conceptual framework for analyzing and understanding minority rights regarding planning and economic aspects. In the following, I will present the conceptual framework and then I will employ it to the Arab Minority in Israel. In brief, this conceptual framework is a network of interlinked concepts that together provide a comprehensive understanding of minority rights. This conceptual framework, however, is not merely a collection of concepts but rather a construct composed of 'consistent' concepts in which each plays an integral role and is intrinsically linked to the others. Eventually, the conceptual framework that I suggest for minority human rights is constructed around eight rights, or eight fundamental pillars, that together constitute the conceptual framework. Following that, I will apply this framework to analyze the rights the Palestinian ethnic minority in Israel.