OHCHR | Oral statements delivered at the 4th session of the Forum

Forum on Minority Issues- Fourth Session of the Forum on Minority Issues

Guaranteeing the rights of minority women, 29 and 30 November 2011

Oral statements delivered at the Forum - as received from participants

Item I – Opening meeting
H.E. Ambassador Laura Dupuy Lasserre	President of the Human Rights Council
Video message by Ms. Rita Izsák [Version in pdf]	Independent Expert on Minority Issues
Ms. Graciela Dixon	Chair of the Forum on Minority Issues

Item II – International and regional human rights frameworks and recent global initiatives relating to minority women’s rights
Assigned speakers
Ms. Anastasia Crickley	Member, Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Ms. Soyata Maiga	Special Rapporteur on the rights of women in Africa , African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
Mr. Leonardo Reales Jimenéz	Colombia
Participants
Council of Europe
Permanent Mission of Hungary

Item III – Minority women and girls and the right to education
Assigned speakers
Ms. Maya Sahli	Member, Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent
Ms. Kirsi Madi	Deputy Director of UNICEF Regional Office for the CEE/CIS
Ms. Farah Naqvi	India
Ms. Beata Bislim Olahova	Slovakia
Ms. Hannan Elsaneh	Israel
Ms. Maria Joyce	Ireland
Participants
Permanent Mission of Austria
Permanent Mission of Greece
Community Development Resource Network
World Sindhi Congress
Saudi Association for Women Development
Permanent Mission of China
Balochistan Peoples Party
Center for Social Equity and Inclusion
Communauté des Potiers du Rwanda
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe ABTTF
National Association of Youth Organisations
Ahwaz Education and Human Rights Foundation
Permanent Mission of the United States
Institute for Regional Studies
ECMI Caucasus
World Azerbanjanians’ Union
AZIDI
Ogaden Youth and Student Union
YASA e.v Kurdish Centre for Legal Studies and Consultancy
Afri Forum
Western Thrace Minority University Graduates Associations
United Nations Watch
Reseau des Associations Pygmees en RD Congo
Khmer Krom Federation
Ahwaz Human Right Organization
Permanent Mission of Saudi Arabia

Item IV – Minority women and effective political participation
Assigned speakers
Ms. Mercedes Barquet	Member, Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice
Ms. Sonu Rani Das	Bangladesh
Ms. Renu Sijapati	Nepal
Ms. Sherine Xavier	Sri Lanka
Ms. Kareen Jabre	Inter-Parliamentary Union
Ms. Anastasia Chukhman	Member, Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Participants
IRA Mauritania
Partners Association for Development
Montagnard - Foundation
Lumah Ma Dilaut
Support Nepal
NCDHR India
Murmansk Region Autonomy Saami
Saudi Association for Women Development
Permanent Mission of Russian Federation
ARC Culture
Organization of Islamic Cooperation
Permanent Mission of China
Operation Black Vote
Crimean Tatar Youth Council
International Movement against All forms of Discrimination and Racism
International Kurdish Union
Permanent Mission of Australia
Western Thrace Minority University Graduate Association
Assyrian Universal Alliance
Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council
National Roma Centrum ERTF COE
Minority Rights Group International
Permanent Mission of Greece
Crimean Tatar’s PEN-Club

Item V – Minority women and effective participation in economic, social and cultural life
Assigned speakers
Ms. Pramila Patten	Member, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Ms. Heisoo Shin	Member, Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Ms. Atieno Jennipher Kere	Kenya
Ms. Mariam Yassin Hagi Yussuf	Somalia
Participants – First Slot
World Uyghur Congress
TR Plus Centre for Turkey in Europe
Evidence India
Navsarjan Trust
Kurdocide Watch
Parivartan Kendra (Centre for Change)
Association for Human Rights in Kurdistan of Iran
Association for Social Change
Resolve Ogden Coalition
Permanent Mission of Finland
Nepali National Dalit Social Welfare Organization
Humanity Knights Network
Permanent Mission of Croatia
Assigned speakers
Ms. Aleksandra Bojadjieva	The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Ms. Jocelyne Stevens	Canada
Ms. Sonia Pie	Dominican Republic
Ms. Maria Vicenta Andrade Chalán	UN Women
Participants – Second Slot
Feminist Dalit Organization Nepal
People’s Empowerment Foundation
International Office of Champa
Nisa Ul Haqq Fi Bangsa Moro Philippines
Center for Multicultural Education
Comission nationale des droits de l’homme, Algeria
Universal Esperanto Association
Al Moustakbal
Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation
Permanent Mission of Australia
Council of Europe
Ahwaz Studies Centre
Azidi Solidarity and Fraternity League
Saudi Association for Women Development
Yasa Kurdis Centre for Legal Studies and Consultancy
Centre for Social Equity and Inclusion India

Ms. Navanethem Pillay	High Commissioner for Human Rights

Item VI – National practices and experiences: positive measures/ affirmative action and role models
Assigned speakers
Ms. Shaista Gohir	United Kingdom
Ms. Angie Cruickshank	Costa Rica
Ms. Libérate Nicayenzi	Burundi
Ms. Mucha-Shim Quiling Arquiza	The Phillipines
Ms. Marilin Pasco González	Colombia
Ms. Nagwa Musa Konda	Sudan
Participants
Permanent Mission of Austria
Permanent Mission of Canada
Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka
Council of Europe
Human Rights Commission of Saudi Arabia
Parole Board UK
Nisa Ul Haqq Fi Bangsa Moro
Permanent Mission of Saudi Arabia
Permanent Mission of Norway
Permanent Mission of Nepal
Permanent Mission of China
Permanent Mission of Bangladesh
Permanent Mission of Pakistan
Permanent Mission of Mexico
Special Advisor of the State Secretariat for Social Inclusion Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, Hungary
Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council Europe
Réseau des Associations Pygmées Permanent
Permanent Mission of Romania
Permanent Mission of South Africa
Permanent Mission of Bulgaria
Association of World Citizens
Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council UK