A/HRC/28/64 15. On 31 July and 1 August 2014, she participated in a conference in Krakow, Poland, organized by TernYpe International Roma Youth Network, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Roma Holocaust Day on 2 August. 16. On 3 September 2014, she participated as a guest speaker in a seminar on “Incitement to hatred, xenophobia and related intolerance in cyberspace”, in Minsk, which was organized by OHCHR and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus. 17. On 18 September 2014, the Special Rapporteur participated as a panellist in the Human Rights Council panel discussion on “The role of prevention and protection of human rights”, in Geneva. 18. On 24 September 2014, she participated as an expert in the round table on “Persons with albinism: violence, discrimination and way forward”, organized by OHCHR and the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, in Geneva. 19. On 23 October 2014, the non-governmental organization (NGO) Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief organized a discussion with the Special Rapporteurs on minority issues and on freedom of religion or belief, at the Bahá’í International Community New York Office. 20. On 19 November 2014, she participated in the round table on “The role of education in the prevention of atrocity crimes” organized by the Central European University, in Budapest, and on 20 and 21 November, she spoke at the 7th Budapest Human Rights Forum. Statements 21. The Special Rapporteur issued public statements, many jointly with other mandates, highlighting issues of concern involving minorities,2 including: on 26 March 2014, calling on the Vietnamese authorities to intervene in a case of forced eviction of the last remaining residents of Con Dau, home to a small Catholic community; 7 April, on the human rights situation of the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar, raising the alarm on the further deterioration of their human rights situation; 8 April, marking International Roma Day, calling for inclusion of Roma in decision-making processes; 10 April, to the Cameroonian authorities regarding the eviction and demolition of houses of a Mbororo pastoralist community; 25 April, regarding the evacuation of religious minorities under threat in the Central African Republic; 19 May, expressing alarm to the Government of Sudan over the death sentence imposed on a pregnant Christian woman and urging the repeal of discriminatory legislation on the grounds of gender and religion; 21 May, to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran urging it to halt the execution of two Ahwazi Arab human rights activists. 22. The Special Rapporteur, together with other mandate holders, issued joint statements: on 2 July 2014, urging the Government of Sri Lanka to take measures to stop racial and faith-based hatred and violence against Muslim and Christian communities; 23 July, calling on the Government of Nigeria to address the situation of over three million internally displaced persons; 25 July, regarding threats to several minority groups in Iraq by the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL); 31 July, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Roma Holocaust, calling on governments for stronger measures and initiatives to keep the memory of the Roma Holocaust alive; 12 August, warning of the danger of massacre of the Yazidi population in Northern Iraq by ISIL; 14 August, 2 Links to the Special Rapporteur’s press releases can be found on her webpage, www.ohchr.org/ en/issues/minorities/iexpert/pages/ieminorityissuesindex.aspx. 5

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