Reflections on the six-year tenure of the Special Rapporteur 2017, para. 69
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- The Special Rapporteur has often been struck by the general lack of knowledge and understanding about the most disadvantaged minorities and their daily struggles for basic human rights and dignity. This is often compounded by negligence on the part of authorities, owing to non-inclusive governance, lack of channels of communication between minorities and authorities and lack of accessible spaces for safe exchange of the various views, concerns, experiences and aspirations. The Special Rapporteur is concerned that growing inequalities in many parts of the world and the increasing concentration of power in the economic and political spheres as well as in the media will lead to further marginalization of those who are already on the bottom. She believes that communication, trust-building and power-sharing between various groups belonging to different societal strata are prerequisites for sustainable development, peace and stability.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on minority issues
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Paragraph number
- 69
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