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Dr Fernand de Varennes. Rapporteur spécial sortant des Nations Unies sur les questions relatives aux minorités - FormerUN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues.

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@fernanddev
Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
23 days
Roma Organizations Submit Urgent Communication to UN Experts on Discriminatory Measures and Rising Anti-Roma Hostility in Slovenia
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PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release New York / Ljubljana — 11/20/2025 Roma organizations in Slovenia, with technical support from the World Roma Federation (WRF), have submitted an urgent communica...
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The ELEN General Assembly will host two FOSTERLANG workshops on how languages thrive through education and digital engagement — one on Catalan immersion education and another on youth, social media, and language promotion across Europe.
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@fernanddev
Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
2 months
Alertez sur la fermeture du CAPES LSF 2026 https://t.co/qlyJ6yFaaX via @ChangeFrance
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Alertez sur la fermeture du CAPES LSF 2026
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@fernanddev
Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
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Alertez sur la fermeture du CAPES LSF 2026 https://t.co/qlyJ6yFI0v via @ChangeFrance
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Alertez sur la fermeture du CAPES LSF 2026
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@fernanddev
Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
3 months
Urge UN to Act Against India's Unjust Imprisonment of Yasin Malik - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/1gwD9Ws0Q0 via @CdnChange
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Urge UN to Act Against India's Unjust Imprisonment of Yasin Malik
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Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
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30 ans d’injustice et de discrimination envers les enfants acadiens et francophones de la Nouvelle-Écosse – FANE
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Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
5 months
Jakarta Conference about to start. My message: international community & law are failing to maintain peace and stability. Injustices, nationalisms,& might makes right rule. Urgent reforms are needed to enforce human rights & international law to reverse conflicts & atrocities
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Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
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Nous commençons à Djakarta.Demain mon message : la communauté & le droit international ne réussissent pas à maintenir paix & stabilité. Des réformes s'imposent pour renforcer droits humains & le droit international, sans quoi nous continuerons la dérive vers conflits & atrocités
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@AgnesCallamard
Agnes Callamard
5 months
Many thanks to @btselem for their courageous and important report, the first from an Israeli organisation and media concluding Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. They are joining @amnesty and thousands of organisations, including Palestinian organisations, scholars and
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B'Tselem בצלם بتسيلم
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Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. It sounds inconceivable. But it’s the truth. Israel is taking deliberate, coordinated action to destroy the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Explicit statements by Israeli officials, combined with a consistent policy of destructive attacks
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@TuesdaysPodcast
Tuesdays Against Execution Podcast
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🔴 On July 22, the 78th #TuesdaysAgainstExecution, prisoners in 48 prisons across Iran will launch a coordinated hunger strike to protest the accelerating wave of executions. 🎙️ On this day, Dr. Elia hosts Dr. @fernanddev, former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues, in a
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Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
5 months
The ECOSOC 2025 High Level Political Forum this Monday 21 July. Honored to intervene at the side event organised by the World Roma Federation on concrete measures instead of mainly symbolic gestures in an increasingly nationalist environment. https://t.co/9iKDULFErA
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@fernanddev
Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
5 months
La Forum politique de haut niveau ECOSOC 2025 a lieu lundi 21 juillet. Honoré de prendre la parole à l'événement parallèle organisé par la Fédération mondiale Roms pour traiter des mesures concrètes pour assurer l'inclusion réelle plutôt que le symbolisme. https://t.co/9iKDULFErA
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@fernanddev
Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
5 months
Les leçons du passé devraient servir à la prévention d'atrocités et de génocides... Lessons of the past should serve to teach us how to avoid atrocities and genocides... https://t.co/WZzHqieqcs
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@fernanddev
Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
6 months
Launch of the first issue of the #SouthAsia Journal for Minorities highlights the challenges faced by #religious & #ethnic #minorities, as well as expertise on their rights. Delighted to assist them as Honorary Editor-in-Chief. @OrgSarifm #sarifm https://t.co/M6VqoJ8AKZ
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@fernanddev
Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
6 months
Lancement du 1er numéro de la 'South Asia Journal for Minorities' sur les défis auxquels les minorités religieuses & ethniques font face, ainsi que leurs droits. Heureux de les appuyer en tant que Rédacteur en chef honorifique. @OrgSarifm #sarifm https://t.co/M6VqoJ8AKZ
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@EUROLANG
EUROLANG
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"The linguistic substitution that has occurred to Valencian during the 20th century has not been a spontaneous or inevitable process, but the result of repressive linguistic policies..." Universitat d'Alacant @AccioCulturalPV @escolatv @OBorrasAnna https://t.co/zaNDp1CJlP
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Alerten de les “greus” conseqüències de declarar Alacant “castellanoparlant”
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Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
6 months
Introducing short film: “Dohuzanye and the Gacaca Courts” on legal & community-based solutions have been used to seek justice & reconciliation after 1994 genocide against Tutsi minority. Adapted for Norwegian Center for Holocaust & Minority Studies
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@fernanddev
Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
6 months
As UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues, I warned of the threats with discriminatory measures targeting mainly millions of Muslims and Bengalis in India, especially Assam, denied citizenship and protection, in India and the US... https://t.co/hQvcgAyKrK
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There are fears the crackdown against ‘outsiders’ is driving widespread persecution as expelled Indians are returned by Bangladesh border guards
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@fernanddev
Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
6 months
Comme Rapporteur spécial de l'ONU sur les minorités, j'avertissais il y a quelques années des menaces de négation des droits humains par des mesures discriminatoires visant des millions de Musulmans et Bengals en Inde, surtout Assam, niant leur citoyenneté https://t.co/hQvcgAyKrK
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There are fears the crackdown against ‘outsiders’ is driving widespread persecution as expelled Indians are returned by Bangladesh border guards
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