Minority rights-based approaches to the protection and promotion of the rights of religious minorities 2013, para. 91d
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[The Independent Expert provides the following broad recommendations to national Governments and the international community:] States should undertake research and data-gathering exercises, including in the context of national census surveys, aimed at compiling detailed information on the demographic and socioeconomic situation of religious minorities in their country. Such data should be quantitative and qualitative in nature and include considerations of the situation of religious minorities relative to other members of society. It should have the objective of providing a comprehensive mapping of religious communities, their situations and the challenges affecting them, and it should be carried out in consultation with and the voluntary participation of minorities;