Commissioner for human rights in August 2022 “OHCHR Assessment of human rights concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China” and called for empowerment and more access of Uyghur minorities into the UN human rights system13. Ms. Poonam Mohtey drewn the attention to issues related to caste system which may lead to serious human rights violations, including right to life. She also emphasized the significance of empowering minority women. She called for donors and supporters to invest in young women education, which will effectively protect and address rights of future generations14. Ms. Diane Alai reflected on the importance of the minority rights defenders and evoked examples as good practices involving solidarity by the fellows, coworkers, neighbors or other members of a minority group to support their rights. Using the example of Bahais in Iran, Ms. Alai recalled that they have been engaged actors and have been contributing to the society they live in, for example, by helping Afghani schoolchildren with schoolwork. She stressed that within the UN framework, more interactions should be taken with the government and in different modalities. She also emphasized that good practices should not be only about how to grant minorities’ rights, but also to how states ensure diversity allowing people to live together15. Interactive Dialogue16 Participants raised issues and presented initiatives, such as social media has become platform for the spread of hate speech and incitement of violence against minorities; more cooperation by international organizations and NGOs to identify hate speech and reduce the influence of the hate speech on ethnic minorities; the need to end reprisals against minorities around the world and the need to encourage of youth activists to be involved in the decision-making processes; the deprivation of citizenship to minorities; the need to consider the right to self-determination in a legally binding treaty on minorities; the need to establish permanent spaces of participation and dialogue between minorities and States; and the ned to follow-up recommendations of the Forum. Item IV: Reform: Filling thegaps in the implementation of the human rights of minorities Participants were invited to consider ways to eliminate the persisting gaps in the implementation of the Declaration and means to achieve tangible progress and 13 The integral version of the statement can be consulted on the Human Rights Council Extranet: Pages - 15th session (ohchr.org) 14 The integral version of the statement can be consulted on the Human Rights Council Extranet: Pages - 15th session (ohchr.org) 15 The integral version of the statement can be consulted on the Human Rights Council Extranet: Pages - 15th session (ohchr.org) 16 Interventions on this item can be consulted on the Human Rights Council Extranet: Pages - 15th session (ohchr.org)