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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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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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Fédération acadienne de la Nouvelle-Écosse
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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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Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
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RT @AgnesCallamard: Many thanks to @btselem for their courageous and important report, the first from an Israeli organisation and media con….
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Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
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RT @TuesdaysPodcast: 🔴 On July 22, the 78th #TuesdaysAgainstExecution, prisoners in 48 prisons across Iran will launch a coordinated hunger….
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Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
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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.
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Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
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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.
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Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
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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.
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Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
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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.
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Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
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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.
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Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
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RT @EUROLANG: "The linguistic substitution that has occurred to Valencian during the 20th century has not been a spontaneous or inevitable….
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Alerten de les “greus” conseqüències de declarar Alacant “castellanoparlant”
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Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
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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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Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
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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.
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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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Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
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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.
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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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Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
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On 21 July I am discussing the importance of develoment and inclusivity linked to the UN Campaign of "Leaving No One Behind" with the World Roma Federation, an official side-event for the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.
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PLEASE REGISTER USING THE LINK ABOVE Please click the “Event Page” link provided above and follow the prompts to register directly through the Microsoft Teams event portal. This official HLPF 2025...
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Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
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Le 21 juillet je discute du développement & d'inclusivité liés à la campagne "Ne laisser personne de côté", avec la Fédération mondiale des Roms, une activité complémentaire du Forum politique de haut-niveau de l'ONU sur le développement durable.
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PLEASE REGISTER USING THE LINK ABOVE Please click the “Event Page” link provided above and follow the prompts to register directly through the Microsoft Teams event portal. This official HLPF 2025...
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Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
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Inclusive Citizenship and Human Rights offers training resource on Group Hostility & Hateful Narratives. Key tools to help unpack & respond to growing challenges of online and offline hate & misinformation, with focus on Anti-Semitism, Anti-Muslim racism,
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Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
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A giant has passed away. Poet, author, tireless defender of African languages & critic of colonialism, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o was one of the most eloquent voices in defense of language rights in Africa, as well as the identity, cultures and rich history of all African peoples.
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Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
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Un géant vient de s'éteindre. Écrivain, défendeur des langues africaines & critique du colonialisme, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o était une voix éloquente pour les droits linguistiques en Afrique, & de respect de l'identité, des cultures & riche histoire des populations africaines.
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Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
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Honoré de l'accueil à la Conférence mondiale pour un monde sans castes à Toronto. Honored to be welcomed to the Global Conference on a Caste-free World in Toronto
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