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Rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, para. 33
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- 6 (m) Promoting cultural diversity, inclusion, education and tolerance, inter alia, by encouraging, on a voluntary basis, complementary efforts by media and digital media actors to disseminate information about the rights of all persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities and to give voice to their concerns and views;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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Rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, para. 22
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- 6 (c) Refraining from adopting policies or education strategies segregating students into different educational institutions or classes based on their minority status;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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Rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, para. 21
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- 6 (b) Providing, wherever possible, minority youth with adequate opportunities to learn their own language or to have instruction in their own language, while ensuring that minorities also receive instruction in official languages;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Youth
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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Rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, para. 20
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- 6 (a) Taking legislative, policy or practical measures to ensure that minority youth have equal access to education of equal quality, delivered in an inclusive environment that fosters greater achievement for all;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Youth
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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Rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, para. 13
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- Emphasizing the fundamental importance of human rights education, training and learning, dialogue, including intercultural and interfaith dialogue, and interaction among all relevant stakeholders and members of society relating to the promotion and protection of the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities as an integral part of the development of society as a whole, including through the sharing of best practices relating to, inter alia, the promotion of mutual understanding of minority issues, the management of diversity through the recognition of plural identities and the promotion of inclusive and stable societies and of social cohesion therein,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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Rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, para. 8
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- Welcoming the adoption of initiatives by the United Nations system, including the proclamation of the year beginning 1 January 2019 as the International Year of Indigenous Languages and International Mother Language Day to draw attention to the critical loss of languages, and recognizing the urgent need to promote the preservation and protection of all languages, including as an educational medium, and to take further urgent steps to that end at the national and international levels,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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Human rights and indigenous peoples 2008, para. 5
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- Further requests the expert mechanism to prepare a study on lessons learned and challenges to achieve the implementation of the right of indigenous peoples to education and to conclude it in 2009;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Year
- 2008
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of the child 2013, para. 45
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- Urges States to ensure equal access to quality education for indigenous children, particularly for indigenous girls, and to promote education systems that respect the cultures and traditions of the communities that are responsive to their needs;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Girls
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 83o
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- [By Governments, educational authorities and other educational and academic institutions:] Acknowledge and respect the artistic, spiritual and cultural activities of indigenous women;
- Body
- Fourth World Conference on Women
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Year
- 1995
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Human rights and indigenous peoples 2011, para. 7
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- Recognizing also that the study on education of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples1 highlights the fact that education is an important way to contribute to the maintenance of indigenous cultures,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Year
- 2011
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Rights of indigenous peoples 2017, para. 10
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- Encourages Member States and all organizations and bodies of the United Nations system and other international and regional organizations, the private sector and academia, as well as civil society, including non-governmental organizations, to observe the International Day of Indigenous Peoples in an appropriate manner, including through educational and public awareness-raising activities;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Rights of the child 2000, para. 20e
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- [Calls upon States:] To remove educational disparities and make education accessible to children living in poverty, children living in remote areas, children with special educational needs and children requiring special protection, including refugee children, migrant children, street children, children deprived of their liberty, indigenous children and children belonging to minorities;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2000
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Rights of the child 1999, para. 37d
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- [Calls upon States:] To remove educational disparities and make education accessible to children living in poverty, children living in remote areas, children with special education needs and children requiring special protection, including migrant children, indigenous children and children belonging to minorities;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1999
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 239g
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- [By Governments:] Encourage and provide the means or incentives for the creative use of programmes in the national media for the dissemination of information on various cultural forms of indigenous people and the development of social and educational issues in this regard within the framework of national law;
- Body
- Fourth World Conference on Women
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Year
- 1995
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Human rights and indigenous peoples 2011, para. 6
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- Encourages States to consider, in cooperation with indigenous peoples and on the basis of past advice of the Expert Mechanism, initiating and strengthening, as appropriate, legislative and policy measures that prioritize education in the design and implementation of national development strategies affecting indigenous peoples, including measures that will strengthen the culture and languages of indigenous peoples;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Year
- 2011
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Human rights and indigenous peoples 2009, para. 5
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- Also welcomes the successful completion of the study on lessons learned and challenges to achieve the implementation of the right of indigenous peoples to education (A/HRC/12/33), and strongly encourages States to disseminate it broadly and to take it into account when elaborating national plans and strategies;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Year
- 2009
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Sustainable Development Summit: Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 2015, para. 4.5
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- By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Sustainable Development Summit: Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 2015, para. 4.5
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- By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Rights of indigenous peoples 2014, para. 10
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- Welcoming the achievements made during the Second International Decade of the World's Indigenous People, and recognizing that challenges remain in finding solutions to the problems faced by indigenous peoples in such areas as traditional knowledge, science, culture, education, health, human rights, the environment and social and economic development,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Third International Conference on Financing for Development: Addis Ababa Action Agenda 2015, para. 117
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- We will encourage knowledge-sharing and the promotion of cooperation and partnerships between stakeholders, including between Governments, firms, academia and civil society, in sectors contributing to the achievement of the sustainable development goals. We will promote entrepreneurship, including through supporting business incubators. We affirm that regulatory environments that are open and non-discriminatory can promote collaboration and further our efforts. We will also foster linkages between multinational companies and the domestic private sector to facilitate technology development and transfer, on mutually agreed terms, of knowledge and skills, including skills trading programmes, in particular to developing countries, with the support of appropriate policies. At the same time, we recognize that traditional knowledge, innovations and practices of indigenous peoples and local communities can support social well-being and sustainable livelihoods and we reaffirm that indigenous peoples have the right to maintain, control, protect and develop their cultural heritage, traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Third International Conference on Financing for Development: Addis Ababa Action Agenda 2015, para. 117
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- We will encourage knowledge-sharing and the promotion of cooperation and partnerships between stakeholders, including between Governments, firms, academia and civil society, in sectors contributing to the achievement of the sustainable development goals. We will promote entrepreneurship, including through supporting business incubators. We affirm that regulatory environments that are open and non-discriminatory can promote collaboration and further our efforts. We will also foster linkages between multinational companies and the domestic private sector to facilitate technology development and transfer, on mutually agreed terms, of knowledge and skills, including skills trading programmes, in particular to developing countries, with the support of appropriate policies. At the same time, we recognize that traditional knowledge, innovations and practices of indigenous peoples and local communities can support social well-being and sustainable livelihoods and we reaffirm that indigenous peoples have the right to maintain, control, protect and develop their cultural heritage, traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Rights of indigenous peoples 2013, para. 8
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- Welcoming the achievements made during the Second International Decade of the World's Indigenous People, and recognizing that challenges remain in finding the solutions to the problems faced by indigenous peoples in such areas as traditional knowledge, culture, education, health, human rights, the environment and social and economic development,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of the child 2002, para. II.23
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- Also calls upon all States to remove educational disparities and make education accessible to children living in poverty, children living in remote areas, children with special educational needs, children affected by armed conflict and children requiring special protection, including refugee children, migrant children, street children, children deprived of their liberty, indigenous children and children belonging to minorities;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2002
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of the child 2000, para. II.18
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- Also calls upon all States to remove educational disparities and make education accessible to children living in poverty, children living in remote areas, children with special educational needs, children affected by armed conflict and children requiring special protection, including refugee children, migrant children, street children, children deprived of their liberty, indigenous children and children belonging to minorities;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2000
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, para. 1d
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- [1. States Parties agree that the education of the child shall be directed to:] (d) The preparation of the child for responsible life in a free society, in the spirit of understanding, peace, tolerance, equality of sexes, and friendship among all peoples, ethnic, national and religious groups and persons of indigenous origin;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Year
- 1989
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 242d
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- [By non-governmental organizations and media professional associations:] Encourage the media industry and education and media training institutions to develop, in appropriate languages, traditional, indigenous and other ethnic forms of media, such as story-telling, drama, poetry and song, reflecting their cultures, and utilize these forms of communication to disseminate information on development and social issues.
- Body
- Fourth World Conference on Women
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Year
- 1995
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Rights of indigenous peoples 2017, para. 12
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- Encourages the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to lead the preparations for the International Year of Indigenous Languages in 2019, in collaboration with other relevant agencies as well as indigenous peoples;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Realizing the equal enjoyment of the right to education by every girl 2016, para. 2f
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- [Urges all States to strengthen and intensify their efforts to realize progressively the equal enjoyment of the right to education by every girl, such as by taking the necessary and appropriate measures:] To provide equal access to education for girls from marginalized or excluded groups, girls with disabilities, indigenous girls, girls who are members of ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities and girls living in rural areas;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Girls
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities 2010, para. 4
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- 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,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Year
- 2010
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Further actions and initiatives to implement the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 2000, para. 95e
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- With the full voluntary participation of indigenous women, develop and implement educational and training programmes that respect their history, culture, spirituality, languages and aspirations and ensure their access to all levels of formal and non-formal education, including higher education;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Year
- 2000
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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