Promoting and protecting minority rights
Subtitle: a guide for advocates
Contributors: United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Publisher: United Nations; United Nations Environment Programme
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Geneva
Language: eng
Number of pages: 177
ISBN-13: 9789211541977; 9789210562805
Subjects: Civil rights; Legal status, laws; Minorities
Description: "The present guide offers information related to norms and mechanisms developed to protect the rights of persons belonging to national, ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities. It includes detailed information about procedures and forums in which minority issues may be raised to minorities and by also covering selected specialized agencies and regional mechanisms, the present Guide complements information contained in Working with the United Nations Human Rights Programme: A Handbook for Civil Society"--Introduction.
Notes: "United Nations Declaration on Minority Rights, 1992-2012".

Includes bibliographical references.

Also issued online.