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United Nations Principles and Guidelines on Access to Legal Aid in Criminal Justice Systems (2013), para. 227
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- (d) To work with all legal aid service providers to increase outreach, quality and impact and facilitate access to legal aid in all parts of the country and in all communities, especially in rural and economically and socially disadvantaged areas and among minority groups;
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- Ethnic minorities
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Rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities (2018), para. 12
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- Recognizing that young women and girls belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities may often face particular challenges, and underlining in this context the importance of taking a gender-sensitive approach when considering measures to promote and protect the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities,
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- Ethnic minorities
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
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Rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities (2018), para. 09
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- Taking note of the publication of the handbook entitled “Language Rights of Linguistic Minorities: A Practical Guide for Implementation”,
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- Ethnic minorities
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United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education, 1995-2004, and public information activities in the field of human rights (1998), para. 15
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- Welcoming the decision of the Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities of the Commission on Human Rights to place the question of the right to education, and in particular human rights education, on its agenda for the duration of the Decade,
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- Ethnic minorities
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Rights of indigenous peoples (2018), para. 22
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- Recognizing the importance of facilitating indigenous peoples’ livelihoods, which may be achieved by, inter alia, the recognition of their traditions, adequate public policies and economic empowerment,
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- Ethnic minorities
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Elimination of all forms of religious intolerance (2003), para. 16
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- 4. Further urges States, in conformity with international standards of human rights, to take all necessary action to combat hatred, intolerance and acts of violence, intimidation and coercion motivated by intolerance based on religion or belief, with particular regard to persons belonging to religious minorities;
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- Ethnic minorities
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Situation of human rights in Cambodia (2002), para. 28
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- 2. Urges an end to racial violence against and vilification of ethnic minorities, and urges the Government of Cambodia to take all steps to prevent such violence, as well as to meet its obligations as a party to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 8 inter alia, by seeking
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- Ethnic minorities
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Rights of indigenous peoples (2020), para. 58
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- 25. Invites Member States to consider establishing national mechanisms with adequate funding for the successful implementation of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages in partnership with indigenous peoples, and invites indigenous peoples, as custodians of their own languages, to initiate and develop appropriate measures for the implementation of the International Decade;
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- Ethnic minorities
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Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People (2005), para. 17
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- 8. Authorizes the Secretary-General to accept and administer voluntary contributions from Governments, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, indigenous organizations and private institutions and individuals for the purpose of funding projects and programmes during the Second Decade;
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- Ethnic minorities
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition (2020), para. 77
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- 28. Recognizes the important role of indigenous peoples and local communities, small-scale farmers, family farmers, livestock farmers, small-scale fishers and fish workers and their traditional knowledge and seed supply systems, as well the important role of new technologies in the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and in aiming to ensure food security and improved nutrition;
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- Ethnic minorities
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Rights of indigenous peoples (2017), para. 28
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- 4. Encourages Member States to give due consideration to all the rights of indigenous peoples in fulfilling the commitments undertaken in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 5 and in the elaboration of national programmes;
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- Ethnic minorities
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The situation in Afghanistan (2010), para. 048
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- 36. Acknowledges the efforts of the Government of Afghanistan in promoting respect for human rights, notes with concern reports of continued violations of human rights and of international humanitarian law, including violent or discriminatory practices, violations committed against persons belonging to ethnic and religious minorities, as well as against women and children, in particular girls, stresses the need to promote tolerance and religious freedom as guaranteed by the Afghan Constitution, emphasizes the necessity of investigating allegations of current and past violations, and stresses the importance of facilitating the provision of efficient and effective remedies to the victims and of bringing the perpetrators to justice in accordance with national and international law;
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- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Girls
- Women
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Human rights and indigenous peoples (2012), para. 15
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- 6. Stresses the need to pay particular attention to the rights and special needs of indigenous women and girls, as set out in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including in the process of protecting and promoting indigenous peoples languages and culture;
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- Ethnic minorities
- Girls
- Women
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Human rights and indigenous peoples (2018), para. 20
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- 7. Encourages States and all relevant academic institutions, indigenous peoples’ institutions and representatives, as well as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, as the lead agency for the International Year of Indigenous Languages, to participate actively in the organization and implementation of the activities relating to the Year in 2019 and to uphold the spirit of the Year by taking measures to draw attention to the critical loss of indigenous languages and the need to preserve, revitalize and promote them;
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- Ethnic minorities
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Situation of human rights in Myanmar (2001), para. 24
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- 14. Deplores the continued violations of human rights, in particular those directed against persons belonging to ethnic and religious minorities, including summary executions, rape, torture, forced labour, forced portering, forced relocations, use of anti-personnel landmines, destruction of crops and fields and dispossession of land and property, which deprives those persons of all means of subsistence and results in large-scale displacement of persons and flows of refugees to neighbouring countries, with negative effects for those countries, and an increasing number of internally displaced persons;
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- Ethnic minorities
- Persons on the move
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Combating terrorism and other acts of violence based on religion or belief (2019), para. 07
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- Expressing deep concern at the instances of intolerance and discrimination and acts of violence occurring in the world, including cases motivated by discrimination against persons belonging to religious minorities, in addition to the negative projection of the followers of religions and the enforcement of measures that specifically discriminate against persons on the basis of religion or belief,
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- Ethnic minorities
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Human rights and indigenous peoples (2012), para. 03
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- Bearing in mind that the General Assembly, in its resolution 59/174 of 20 December 2004, proclaimed the Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People,
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- Ethnic minorities
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Rights of indigenous peoples (2019), para. 50
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- 20. Reaffirms the importance of effective accountability with regard to violence against indigenous women and girls, including sexual violence, abuse and exploitation, and of taking adequate measures to prevent and eliminate such violence;
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- Ethnic minorities
- Girls
- Women
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Combating defamation of religions (2006), para. 18
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- 3. Notes with deep concern the intensification of the campaign of defamation of religions and the ethnic and religious profiling of Muslim minorities in the aftermath of the tragic events of 11 September 2001;
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- Ethnic minorities
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Effective promotion of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities (2014), para. 19
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- 5. 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;
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- Ethnic minorities
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Working group of the Commission on Human Rights to elaborate a draft declaration in accordance with paragraph 5 of General Assembly resolution 49/214 of 23 December 1994 (2007), para. 145
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- The United Nations, its bodies, including the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, and specialized agencies, including at the country level, and States shall promote respect for and full application of the provisions of this Declaration and follow up the effectiveness of this Declaration.
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- Ethnic minorities
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International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People (2002), para. 31
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- 9. Decides that the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations should also be used to assist representatives of indigenous communities and organizations in attending, as observers, the sessions of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues;
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- Ethnic minorities
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Rights of indigenous peoples (2019), para. 48
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- 18. Encourages the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues to continue to provide inputs on indigenous issues to the high-level political forum on sustainable development for consideration in its thematic reviews;
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- Ethnic minorities
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Rights of indigenous peoples (2019), para. 41
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- 11. Encourages Member States to give due consideration to all the rights of indigenous peoples in fulfilling the commitments undertaken in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 8 and in the elaboration of national action plans and programmes as well as international and regional programmes, applying the pledge to leave no one behind and to endeavour to reach the furthest behind first;
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- Ethnic minorities
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International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People (1994), para. 06
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- Expressing its appreciation for the work undertaken by the Coordinator for the Year, the Centre for Human Rights of the Secretariat, the Goodwill Ambassador, Ms. Rigoberta Menchu, and the Working Group on Indigenous Populations of the Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities,
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- Ethnic minorities
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Rights of indigenous peoples (2019), para. 45
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- 15. Stresses the need to strengthen the commitment of States and the entities of the United Nations system to mainstream the promotion and protection of the rights of indigenous peoples into development policies and programmes at the national, regional and international levels, and encourages them to give due consideration to the rights of indigenous peoples in achieving the goals of the 2030 Agenda;
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- Ethnic minorities
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Effective promotion of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities (1996), para. 14
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- Noting the positive initiatives of many countries as well as regional organizations to protect minorities and promote mutual understanding,
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- Ethnic minorities
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Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (2016), para. 17
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- 14. Expresses serious concern about ongoing severe limitations and restrictions on the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief and restrictions on the establishment of places of worship, as well as attacks against places of worship and burial, as well as other huma n rights violations, including but not limited to harassment, persecution and incitement to hatred that lead to violence against persons belonging to recognized and unrecognized religious minorities, including Christians, Jews, Sufi Muslims, Sunni Muslims, Zoroastrians and members of the Baha’i faith and their defenders, and calls upon the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to release the seven Baha’i leaders declared by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention of the Human Rights Council to have been arbitrarily detained since 2008 and to eliminate, in law and in practice, all forms of discrimination, including the closure of businesses, and other human rights violations against persons belonging to recognized and unrecognized religious minorities;
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- Ethnic minorities
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International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People (1995), para. 35
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- 10. Recommends that special attention be given to improving the extent and effectiveness of the participation of indigenous people in planning and implementing the activities for the Decade, including through the recruitment, where appropriate, by relevant United Nations bodies and specialized agencies of staff from among indigenous nationals of Member States, consistent with Article 101 of the Charter of the United Nations, within existing resources, and through consultation with Governments at the national, regional and international levels;
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- Ethnic minorities
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Mandate of the independent expert on minority issues (2011), para. 15
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- 6. Commends the Forum for its contribution to the efforts of the High Commissioner to improve cooperation among United Nations mechanisms, bodies and specialized agencies, funds and programmes on activities relating to the promotion and protection of the rights of persons belonging to minorities, including at the regional level;
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- Ethnic minorities
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