A/HRC/RES/13/12
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
14 April 2010
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirteenth session
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council*
13/12
Rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious
and linguistic minorities
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention
on the Rights of the Child and the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to
National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities, and bearing in mind article 27 of
the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and other relevant existing
international standards and national legislation,
Recalling also all previous resolutions on the rights of persons belonging to national
or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities adopted by the General Assembly, the
Commission on Human Rights and the Council, including Council resolutions 6/15 of 28
September 2007 and 7/6 of 27 March 2008,
Emphasizing the need for reinforced efforts to meet the goal of the full realization of
the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities,
Stressing that the lack of equal opportunities and equal access to education for many
persons belonging to minorities, in particular minority children, prevents them from
contributing fully to their own communities and to the wider society, and perpetuates the
cycle of poverty experienced acutely by persons belonging to minorities facing
discrimination, economic marginalization and social exclusion,
Stressing also that the effective participation of persons belonging to minorities in
national political, cultural, religious, economic and social processes of their societies is of
paramount importance for their full and equal enjoyment of all human rights, and
*
The resolutions and decisions of the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of the
Council on its thirteenth session (A/HRC/13/56), chap. I.
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