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Virginia McVeaDirector

Categories1. Civil and Political Rights

2. Property

3. Private and Family life

4. Freedom of Expression

5. Freedom of thought conscience and religion

6. Equality and non-discrimination

7. Access to Services

8. Tolerance, mutual respect and understanding

9. Protection of Minorities

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Civil and Political rights

International covenant on civil and political rights

General comment 21

CESCR

UN Declaration on the rights of person belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities

UNESCO Convention on the protection and promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions

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Property

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

ECHR Article 1 protocol No 1

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Private and Family Life

Article 17 International Covenant on civil and political rights

Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights

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Freedom of Expression

ICCPR article 19

ICCPR at article 20

General comment 11

Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights

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Freedom of thought, conscience and religion

ICCPR article 18

Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights

Equality and Non-Discrimination

ICCPR article 26

CEDAW

ISCESR

CRC

CRPD

Durban Declaration and Programme of Action

Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights

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Access to services

UDHR

ICESR

CRC

Article 11 of the European social Chart

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Tolerance, mutual respect & understanding

CERD

UNESCO has produced a Declaration of Principles on Tolerance and a Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expression

European Court of Human Rights

Framework Convention for National Minorities

Protection of Minorities

ICCPR article 17

General comment 23

CRC

Article 17 of the European Convention on Human Rights

OSCE Ljubhana guidelines

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Parades

Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights

“the rights of others” Article 11(2) of the European Convention on Human Rights

Articles 8, 10, 17 of the European Convention on Human Rights

The Framework Convention for National Minorities (Council of Europe)

Article 20(2) of the UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

Article 4 of the International Covenant for the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD)

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