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"States Parties condemn racial discrimination and undertake to pursue ... a policy of eliminating racial discrimination in all its forms.... Each State Party undertakes to engage in no act ... of racial discrimination....; Each State Party shall take effective measures to review governmental, national and local policies, and to amend, rescind or nullify any laws and regulations which have the effect of creating or perpetuating racial discrimination...; Each State Party shall prohibit and bring to an end ... racial discrimination by any persons, group or organization.... States Parties undertake to prohibit and to eliminate racial discrimination in all its forms and to guarantee the right of everyone, without distinction as to race, colour, national or ethnic origin, to equality before the law, notably in the enjoyment of ... political rights ... civil rights ... economic, social and cultural rights, in particular: the right to work, ... to just and favourable conditions or work, to protection against unemployment, to equal pay for equal work...; the right to housing; ... to public health, medical care, social security and social services; the right to education and training.... States Parties shall assure ... effective protection and remedies ... against any acts of racial discrimination.... "
-- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Articles 2, 5, and 6
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What are the Human Rights of Ethnic Minorities?
Human Rights are universal, and civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights belong to all human beings, including members of ethnic minority groups. Members of ethnic minorities are entitled to the realization of all human rights and fundamental freedoms on equal terms with others in society, without discrimination of any kind. Ethnic minorities -- both the individuals belonging to ethnic minorities and ethnic minorities as groups -- also enjoy certain human rights specifically linked to their ethnic status, including their right to maintain and enjoy their culture, religion, and language free from discrimination |
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What provisions of human rights law guarantee the Human Rights of Ethnic Minorities?
Includes excerpts from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention against Discrimination in Education, and the ILO Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention (No. 169).
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Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious or Linguistic Minorities www.pdhre.org/rights/
Report of Bulgaria under Art.9
of the Convention on the
Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Consolidated reports due
in 1992, 1994 and 1996, 5 August 1996 http://www.unhchr.ch/
tbs/doc.nsf/
Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin
What commitments have governments made to ensuring the realization of the Human Rights of Minorities?
Includes excerpts from the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious or Linguistic Minorities, the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief, and commitments made at the World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna, the World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen, the World Conference on Women in Beijing, and the Habitat II conference in Istanbul.
Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
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FRAMEWORK PROGRAM FOR EQUAL INTEGRATION OF ROMA IN BULGARIAN SOCIETY
http://www.ncedi.government.bg/en/index.html
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/lang/eng.htm |
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