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Rights of indigenous peoples on the impact of international investment and free trade on the human rights of indigenous peoples 2015, para. 77e
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- [Concerning the reform of investment and free trade practices, the Special Rapporteur recommends that:] Member States involve indigenous representatives, including women, in the negotiating process for all investment and free trade agreements when human rights impact assessments have identified potential issues relating to indigenous peoples;
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- Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Year
- 2015
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Debt bondage as a key form of contemporary slavery 2016, para. 18
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- In India, debt bondage is geographically widespread and has been reported to be prevalent in sectors such as the brick kiln industry, stone quarries, mining, manufacturing of beedi (Indian cigarettes), carpet weaving, construction, agriculture, power looms and cotton handlooms, as well as fish processing. Such practices are reported to be present in both the formal and the informal sectors. A survey conducted in 10 States in 1978 and 1979 by the Gandhi Peace Foundation and the National Labour Institute, which remains the most detailed survey on debt bondage, estimated the total number of bonded labourers in the agricultural sector at 2.62 million. The majority of people who are in debt bondage are Dalits, of "low" caste, or indigenous peoples - also referred to as members of the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes.
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- Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Year
- 2016
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The UN responsibility for the cholera outbreak in Haiti 2016, para. 65
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- Fifth, guidance might be drawn from important precedents for lump-sum settlements at the national level. Relevant examples include the arrangements set up in the United States to compensate the victims of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks, the 2014 agreement between the United States and France to compensate Holocaust victims and the Canadian Reparations Programme for the Indian Residential School System, created to redress the historical legacies of discrimination suffered by Aboriginal children attending those schools.
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- Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2016
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Overview of the activities carried during the first three-year term of the mandate 2011, para. 155
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- We encourage the sharing of experiences and best practices on ways to address the high levels of unemployment and underemployment, in particular among young people.
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- Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Youth
- Year
- 2011
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Minorities in the criminal justice system 2015, para. 92
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- Sources cited throughout this report provide States with many practical recommendations on how to improve the situation of minorities in the criminal justice system. Space considerations permit the Special Rapporteur to highlight only a few:
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- Special Rapporteur on minority issues
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Year
- 2015
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Rights of indigenous peoples on the impact of international investment and free trade on the human rights of indigenous peoples 2015, para. 61
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- There are a number of closely related and mutually reinforcing challenges to achieving effective reform of international investment and free trade agreements and related improvements in the promotion and protection of indigenous peoples' human rights. Those challenges are discussed in the section below.
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- Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Year
- 2015
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Debt bondage as a key form of contemporary slavery 2016, para. 49
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- Comprehensive national and/or regional surveys should be undertaken to identify those in bonded labour, and should include disaggregated information on those affected, by age, gender, nationality, caste or ethnic group, and to identify the industries in which debt bondage is prevalent. The existence of detailed data is a necessary step for the development of effective policies, systems and practices.
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- Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Year
- 2016
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Rights of indigenous peoples on the impact of international investment and free trade on the human rights of indigenous peoples 2015, para. 59
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- By perpetuating the international power imbalances in the international system, free trade and investment regimes compound the related inequality in the resources available to countries. That lack of resources consequently negatively affects the capacities of less developed countries to protect the most vulnerable, including indigenous peoples.
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- Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Year
- 2015
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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;
- Person(s) affected
- All
- 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,
- Person(s) affected
- 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”,
- Person(s) affected
- 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,
- Person(s) affected
- 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,
- Person(s) affected
- 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;
- Person(s) affected
- 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
- Person(s) affected
- 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;
- Person(s) affected
- 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;
- Person(s) affected
- 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;
- Person(s) affected
- 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;
- Person(s) affected
- 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;
- Person(s) affected
- 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;
- Person(s) affected
- 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;
- Person(s) affected
- 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;
- Person(s) affected
- 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,
- Person(s) affected
- 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,
- Person(s) affected
- 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;
- Person(s) affected
- 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;
- Person(s) affected
- 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;
- Person(s) affected
- 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.
- Person(s) affected
- 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;
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
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