The UN Network on Racial Discrimination and Protection of Minorities

The United Nations Network on Racial Discrimination and Protection of Minorities provides a platform to address through awareness raising, advocacy and capacity building, issues of racial discrimination and the protection of national or ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities, including issues of multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination. The Network brings together more than 20 UN Departments, Agencies, Programmes and Funds, including DESA, DGC, DOCO, DDPA, ILO, OCHA, OHCHR, OSAPG, PBSO, UNAIDS, UNAOC, UNDP, UNEP, UNHCR, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNITAR, UNODC, UN Women, WFP and WHO.

OHCHR acts as permanent co-chair of the Network. The 2024 co-chair of the Network is the Department of Global Communication (DGC)  Previous co-chairs: UNESCO (2021 and 2022), the Office of the Special Advisor for the Prevention of Genocide (2023).

Press releases and statements

VOICES FOR ACTION AGAINST RACISM: Statement of the UN Network on Racial Discrimination and Protection of Minorities on the International Day against Racial Discrimination 22 March 2022
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Publications and Documents

Guidance Note on Intersectionality, Racial Discrimination and Protection of Minorities (2022)
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Checklist to strengthen UN work at country level to combat racial discrimination and advance minority rights
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ONLINE TRAINING ON “ADDRESSING RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND STRENGTHENING THE PROTECTION OF MINORITIES, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND OTHER POPULATION GROUPS IN UN PROGRAMMING PROCESSES”: Full Package of UNCT Course Training Material