Minority issues in the context of the United Nations reform process

The right to identity of persons belonging to minorities

Institutional designs promoting minorities’ effective participation towards diverse and inclusive societies

The Special Rapporteur expands on the recent attention given to the place of the human rights of minorities in the institutions, structures and initiatives of the United Nations, as well as discussions and recommendations on how to address the growing denial of the rights of minorities worldwide.

Promoting diversity on minority issues to strengthen the universal dimension of human rights

Conflict prevention through the protection of the human rights of minorities

Protection of the rights of minorities in the institutions, structures and initiatives of the United Nations

Minorities, equal participation, social and economic development and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Strengthening and mainstreaming the protection of the rights of minorities at the United Nations: an assessment of the implementation of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities

In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Fernand de Varennes, provides an overview of his activities since his previous report (A/HRC/37/66), and a thematic report in which he addresses the widespread targeting of minorities through hate speech in social media. He describes related phenomena, including the widespread denial or failure of State authorities to recognize or effectively protect minorities against prohibited forms of hate speech. He concludes by emphasizing the responsibility of States, civil society and social media platforms to acknowledge that hate speech is mainly a minority issue and, as a matter of urgency, their duty to take further steps towards the full and effective implementation of the human rights obligations involved.

Effective promotion of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities

Education, language and the human rights of minorities

Effective promotion of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities

Report of the Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues, Dr. Fernand de Varennes – Update on his thematic report on statelessness as a minority issue and the level of awareness-raising and visibility of minorities and their human rights

Comprehensive study of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Rita Izsák - The human rights situation of Roma worldwide, with a particular focus on the phenomenon of anti-Gypsyism

Report of the Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues, Dr. Fernand de Varennes – Statelessness a minority issue

Report of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Rita Izsák-Ndiaye - Minorities and discrimination based on caste and analogous systems of inherited status

Report of the Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues, Dr. Fernand de Varennes – Priorities and vision of the mandate

Report of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Rita Izsák-Ndiaye - Reflections on the six-year tenure of the Special Rapporteur

Report of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Rita Izsák - Hate speech and incitement to hatred against minorities in the media

Report of the Independent Expert on minority issues, Rita Izsák - Ensuring the inclusion of minority issues in post- 2015 development agendas

Report of the Independent Expert on minority issues, Rita Izsák - Rights of linguistic minorities

Report of the independent expert on minority issues, Gay McDougall - the role of minority rights protection in promoting stability and conflict prevention

Report of the independent expert on minority issues, Rita Izsák - Priorities for the work of the Independent Expert and the twentieth anniversary of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities

Report of the independent expert on minority issues, Gay McDougall - Minorities and effective political participation: a survey of law and national practices

Report of the independent expert on minority issues, Gay McDougall – Minorities and the Discriminatory Denial or Deprivation of Citizenship

Report of the independent expert on minority issues, Gay McDougall - Cooperation with UN Bodies Mandate Mecanisms and Regional Organizations to promote the rights of minorities.

Report of the independent expert on minority issues, Gay McDougall – Minorities, Poverty and the Millennium Development Goals: Assessing Global Issues

Report of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues Rita Izsák-Ndiaye

Report of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues Rita Izsák-Ndiaye Minorities in situations of humanitarian crises