Human rights — and among them, the rights of minorities — are central to the prevention and mitigation of atrocity crimes. Patterns of human rights violations, including sexual violence and discrimination against minorities, provide early warning of an escalation of crisis. If human rights interventions can be made at such time — as they should be — then the crisis may dissipate. My Office has experience of many such interventions. The human rights agenda is also a detailed road-map for ways to resolve disputes. The specifics of each situation are, of course, unique, but whether we are working in Colombia, Nepal, Ukraine or the Central African Republic, one crucial element is to re-establish the very simple fact that members of minorities have exactly the same human rights as everybody else. OHCHR's field