A/HRC/34/53
Report of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues**
Contents
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I.
Introduction ...................................................................................................................................
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II.
Activities of the Special Rapporteur in 2016 ................................................................................
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A.
Country visits ........................................................................................................................
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B.
Communications ...................................................................................................................
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C.
Update on the Forum on Minority Issues..............................................................................
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D.
Events and conferences .........................................................................................................
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E.
Statements .............................................................................................................................
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F.
Detailed analysis of communications sent by the mandate ...................................................
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G.
Follow-up on country visit recommendations ......................................................................
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H.
Research on minority issues during the second cycle of universal periodic
review process ......................................................................................................................
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Reflections on the six-year tenure of the Special Rapporteur ......................................................
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A.
Introduction ..........................................................................................................................
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B.
List of priorities identified at the beginning of the mandate and updates on
achievements ........................................................................................................................
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C.
Major challenges identified ..................................................................................................
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D.
Commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Declaration on the Rights of
Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities ...................
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Forum on Minority Issues .....................................................................................................
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Conclusions and recommendations ...............................................................................................
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Main data on communications sent by the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on minority
issues (2005-2016) ........................................................................................................................
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III.
E.
IV.
Annex
** The annex to the present document is circulated in the language of submission only.
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