A/HRC/34/53/Add.3
Report of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues on her
mission to Sri Lanka*
Contents
Page
I.
Introduction ...................................................................................................................................
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II.
Minority rights: legal, political and institutional framework.........................................................
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III.
Overall challenges for minorities ..................................................................................................
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A.
Governance and political participation .................................................................................
6
B.
Linguistic rights ....................................................................................................................
6
C.
Religious freedom .................................................................................................................
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IV.
Minorities and post-conflict issues ................................................................................................
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V.
Specific groups of concern ............................................................................................................
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A.
Internally displaced persons ..................................................................................................
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B.
Minority women ...................................................................................................................
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C.
Tamils in the North and East ................................................................................................
13
D.
Muslims ................................................................................................................................
14
E.
Plantation Tamils ..................................................................................................................
14
F.
Caste-affected groups ...........................................................................................................
14
G.
Smaller minority groups .......................................................................................................
15
Conclusions and recommendations ...............................................................................................
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VI.
* Circulated in the language of submission only.
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