Minorities and effective political participation: a survey of law and national practices 2010, para. 34
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The human rights principle of non-discrimination is crucial. The exclusion of minorities from fully participating in political processes is primarily grounded in discrimination. Affirmative measures, time-bound and specifically designed to address systematic, historic and institutionalized discrimination, must be employed to enable minorities to participate effectively, especially if this would otherwise remain out of their reach.