OHCHR Indigenous Peoples and Minorities Section

The OHCHR Indigenous Peoples and Minorities Section (IPMS) works to improve human rights protection for indigenous peoples and minorities at the international and national levels through strategies such as strengthening relevant legislations, policies and practices, as well as through undertaking capacity building activities, while promoting the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the UN Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities and other key human rights standards.

Concerning efforts to strengthen the rights of persons belonging to minorities, OHCHR conducts focused activities such as in the field of “Good Practices in Policing and Minority Communities” which offers an opportunity to share and collect experiences while focusing on practices that have proven to be successful.

Through the Inter-Agency Group on Minorities, we foster international cooperation on minority issues between the UN agencies in order to ensure that we all contribute, in coordination and cooperation, to the realization of the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities. 

Please also consult the latest report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to the Human Rights Council at its 15th session - Rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities (A/HRC/15/42).

Contact:

Indigenous Peoples and Minorities Section
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Palais des Nations
8-14 Avenue de la Paix
CH-1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland