Self-government rights; belong to national minorities (territorially concentrated) --> Native Americans, Inuits, Aborigines. In this case the right to self-government should involve the devolution of political power. > Poly-ethnic rights: help ethnic groups and religious minorities, that have developed through immigration, to express and maintain their cultural distinctiveness (f.e exemption of Muslim girls from school dress codes). > Special representation rights: attempt to address the under representation of minority or disadvantaged groups in education, and in political and public life (positive discrimination)