Status of the Bulgarian minority in the Federal Republic

It enjoys the status of an official minority language in Sweden.

In a minority of these, UNHCR determined status only for resettlement purposes.

In 1996 the Kvens were granted minority status in Norway, and in 2005 the Kven language was recognized as a minority language in Norway.

The question was whether the children were victims of discrimination owing to their national minority status.

For political and historical reasons, it received the status of a minority language in 2005 within the framework of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.

The Government of Yugoslavia sent additional information on the status of the Bulgarian minority in that State.

I have the honour to transmit herewith information on the status of the Bulgarian minority in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

The Committee is concerned that there is only one officially recognized minority in Greece, whereas there are other ethnic groups seeking that status.

But, in comparing groups, it is permitted to use an individual s status as member of an under represented minority in his or her favor.

As Shia Muslims, Iranians are a minority within the Muslim community, a reality that has caused them to feel persecuted. Rather than accept their minority status, various Iranian governments have attempted to establish their country s hegemony in the Arab world.

Sunnis must be persuaded that neither their minority status nor former membership in Saddam Hussein s Ba ath Party will exclude them from political and economic life.

Even if women manage to reach higher levels of management, their minority status can produce unnecessary stresses that make mobility both difficult and, occasionally, undesired.

Libya s Jihadist Minority

Minority Rights Group

What minority group?

I view the world now as a minority. Proudly as a minority.

If they double down on status quo policies, their reign will eventually give way to an extended period of populist inspired economic chaos and minority scapegoating.

For example, many minority hill tribe populations living in the northern highlands of Thailand are denied legal status, even though they were born in the country.

The Committee recommends that the State party adopt legislation on the status of languages as well as effective measures to improve the knowledge of the Georgian language amongst minority groups and to increase the use of ethnic minority languages in the public administration.

Women and minority members

Minority Rights Group International

(d) District Minority Committees

14. Minority Front (MF)

It spreads. Minority Rules

I'm in the minority.

The State party should consider eliminating discrimination on the basis of status within the Roma minority and provide to the whole Roma community a status free of discrimination, and improve its living conditions and enhance its participation in public life.

A parallel event on Minority Rights and NHRIs was organized by the NI and Minority Units, including minority fellows, during the sixteenth session of ICC.

Therefore, a process for determining the future status of Kosovo, with timelines and guarantees for the protection of minority rights and other human rights, is an attractive approach.

Since 1996 Frisian has been recognised as an official minority language in the Netherlands under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, although it had been recognised by the Dutch government as the second state language ( tweede rijkstaal ), with official status in Friesland, since the 1950s.

Rights of the Batwa minority

Girls from ethnic minority backgrounds

However, honeybees are a minority.

It's not a minority theory.

Today, France s black minority is trying to organize itself along the lines of the Jewish minority.

Minority education It is possible in Latvia to acquire education by studying in minority educational programmes.

After the end of the Second World War, the Bulgarians in Yugoslavia were formally given minority status, teaching in Bulgarian was introduced and Bulgarian periodicals began to be published.

Majority influence refers to the majority trying to produce conformity on the minority, while minority influence is converting the majority to adopt the thinking of the minority group.

There is hardly any national minority, however defined, that is not also an ethnic or linguistic minority.

The right to contacts has three facets, permitting intra minority contacts, inter minority contacts, and transfrontier contacts.

The Committee notes the absence of legislation regarding the status of languages, the lack of sufficient knowledge of the Georgian language by minority groups and of effective measures to remedy this situation as well as to increase the use of ethnic minority languages in the public administration (art.

That process should be an interaction between the persons belonging to the minority themselves, between the minority and the State, and between the minority and the wider national society.

Serb leaders in the UNPAs continue to reject the idea of being part of Croatia, asserting that quot minority quot status within the Republic of Croatia is unacceptable to them.

But we are a small minority.

Consistent efforts to improve the situation of minority communities in the province were made, with a view to fulfilling an essential precondition for advancement towards the process to determine Kosovo's status.