Effective promotion of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging
to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities
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10. Recommends that States and other relevant actors ensure to the fullest
extent possible that the Declaration is translated into all minority languages and
disseminated widely;
11. Expresses its appreciation for the successful completion, in November
2018, of the eleventh session of the Forum on Minority Issues, on the theme
“Statelessness: a minority issue”, which, through the widespread participation of
stakeholders, provided an important platform for the promotion of dialogue on this
topic and, as part of its outcome, produced recommendations to highlight the need for
States to prevent and reduce statelessness by promoting the human rights of persons
belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities and to stress the
importance of inclusion of stateless persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious
and linguistic minorities and their representatives in policy and decision -making
processes affecting them, 10 and encourages States to take into consideration the
relevant recommendations of the Forum;
12. Calls upon States, while bearing in mind the theme of the eleventh session
of the Forum on Minority Issues and with a view to enhancing the implementation of
the Declaration and ensuring the realization of the rights of persons belonging to
national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, to take appropriate measures
by, inter alia:
(a) Reviewing any legislation, policy or practice that has a discriminatory or
disproportionately negative effect on persons belonging to national or ethnic,
religious and linguistic minorities and that may render them vulnerable, with a view
to considering its amendment;
(b) Considering ratifying, acceding to and adhering to all relevant
international instruments that protect and promote the rights of persons belonging t o
national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities and those aiming to eliminate
statelessness;
(c) Refraining from arbitrary and discriminatory denial or deprivation of
nationality of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguist ic
minorities;
(d) Ensuring that human rights protection is provided to stateless persons
belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, as human rights
are universal and apply to everyone;
(e) Ensuring that birth registration, civil registration and national
identification documents are provided without discrimination on any ground, in
particular race, ethnicity, religion and language, in line with the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development, 5 especially the target aimed at providing a legal identity
for all;
(f) Ensuring that stateless persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious
and linguistic minorities have access to justice and remedy for human rights violations
and that these persons can appeal to relevant judicial and administrative bodies in
case of denial or deprivation of nationality;
(g) Ensuring full compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child,
in particular articles 7 and 8 thereof, and considering removing all their reservations
to them;
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