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Special Rapporteur on minority issues
The Special Rapporteur is required by the Human Rights Council to present every year an annual report at one of its regular sessions. Currently the Special Rapporteur reports to the Council during its March session, in Geneva. The Special Rapporteur's annual reports normally include a focus on specific themes of particular relevance for the rights of minorities, as well as a description of the activities carried out during the year in the framework of the mandate. For further information on the thematic work of the Special Rapporteur please visit Thematic priorities. For the country visit reports of the Special Rapporteur please visit Country visits. For all other documents related to the mandate please visit Documents.
Reports to the Human Rights Council
| HRC/CHR session | Symbol and link | Title |
|---|---|---|
| HRC 55th session – 2024 | A/HRC/55/51 | Promoting diversity on minority issues to strengthen the universal dimension of human rights - Report of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Nicolas Levrat |
| HRC 52nd session – 2023 | A/HRC/52/27 | Mainstreaming minority rights at the UN and elsewhere: An Assessment of the 2013 UN Secretary General's Guidance Note and 30 years of the UN Declaration |
| HRC 49th session – 2022 | A/HRC/49/46 | Conflict prevention through the protection of the human rights of minorities |
| HRC 46th session - 2021 | A/HRC/46/57 | Hate speech, social media and minorities |
| HRC 43th session - 2020 | A/HRC/43/47 | Education, language and the human rights of minorities |
| HRC 40th session - 2019 | A/HRC/40/64 | Update on report on statelessness as a minority issue and the level of awareness-raising and visibility of minorities and their human rights |
| HRC 37th session - 2018 | A/HRC/37/66 | Dr. Fernand de Varennes – Priorities and vision of the mandate |
| HRC 34th session - 2017 | A/HRC/34/53 | Rita Izsák-Ndiaye - Reflections on the six-year tenure of the Special Rapporteur |
| HRC 31st session - 2016 | A/HRC/31/56 | Minorities and discrimination based on caste and analogous systems of inherited status |
| HRC 29th session - 2015 | A/HRC/29/24 | The human rights situation of Roma worldwide, with a particular focus on the phenomenon of anti-Gypsyism |
| HRC 28th session - 2015 | A/HRC/28/64 | Hate speech and incitement to hatred against minorities in the media |
| HRC 25th session - 2014 | A/HRC/25/56 | Ensuring the inclusion of minority issues in post- 2015 development agendas |
| HRC 22th session - 2013 | A/HRC/22/49 | Rights of linguistic minorities |
| HRC 19th session - 2012 | A/HRC/19/56 | Priorities for the work of the Independent Expert and the twentieth anniversary of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities |
| HRC 16th session - 2011 | A/HRC/16/45 | The role of minority rights protection in promoting stability and conflict prevention |
| HRC 13th session - 2010 | A/HRC/13/23 | Minorities and effective political participation: a survey of law and national practices |
| HRC 10th session - 2009 | A/HRC/10/11 | Cooperation with UN Bodies Mandate Mechanisms and Regional Organizations to promote the rights of minorities. |
| HRC 7th session - 2008 | A/HRC/7/23 | Minorities and the Discriminatory Denial or Deprivation of Citizenship |
| HRC 4th session - 2007 | A/HRC/4/9 | Minorities, Poverty and the Millennium Development Goals: Assessing Global Issues |
| CHR 62nd session - 2006 | E/CN.4/2006/74 | Report of the independent expert on minority issues |
Reports to the General Assembly
| GA session | Symbol | Title |
|---|---|---|
| GA 79th session - 2024 | A/79/169 | Institutional designs promoting minorities’ effective participation towards diverse and inclusive societies |
| GA 78th session - 2023 | A/78/195 | Minority issues |
| GA 77th session - 2022 | A/77/246 | Protection of the rights of minorities in the institutions, structures and initiatives of the United Nations |
| GA 76th session - 2021 | A/76/162 | Minorities, equal participation, social and economic development and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development |
| GA 75th session - 2020 | A/75/211 | Significance and scope of the four categories of minorities |
| GA 74th session - 2019 | A/74/160 | Study on the concept of a minority |
| GA 73rd session - 2018 | A/73/205 | Statelessness a minority issue |
| GA 72nd session - 2017 | A/72/165 | Minority issues |
| GA 71st session - 2016 | A/71/254 | Minorities in situations of humanitarian crises |
| GA 70th session - 2015 | A/70/212 | Minorities in the criminal justice system |
| GA 69th session - 2014 | A/69/266 | Preventing and addressing violence and atrocities against minorities |
| GA 68th session - 2013 | A/68/268 | Minority rights-based approaches to the protection and promotion of the rights of religious minorities |
| GA 67th session - 2012 | A/67/293 | Role and activities of national institutional mechanisms in promoting and protecting minority Rights |
| GA 65th session - 2010 | A/65/287 | Effective promotion of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities |