Ethnic minorities enjoy certain human rights specifically linked to their ethnic status, including their right to maintain and enjoy their culture, religion, and language free from discr
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Ethnic minorities enjoy certain human rights specifically linked
to their ethnic status, including their right to maintain and enjoy
their culture, religion, and language free from discrimination
Activities
1 Look at these pictures and discuss.
a Where do you think these people are from?
b Are they discriminated against? How?
Right to freedom from any distinction, exclusion,
restriction or preference based on race, colour,
national or ethnic origin, language, religion or birth
Right to freedom from discrimination in all areas
and levels of education, employment, access to
health care, housing, and social services
Right to equal recognition as a person before the
law, to equality before the courts, and to equal
protection of the law
Right to participate effectively in cultural, religious,
social, economic and public life
Right to freedom of association
The Human Rights of Ethnic Minorities Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Right to exist Right to freedom from genocide and ethnic cleansing Right to enjoy and develop their own culture and language
Right to establish and maintain their own schools and other training and educational institutions, and
to teach and receive training in their own languages Right to participate in shaping decisions and policies concerning their group and community, at the local, national and international levels
Right to autonomy in matters internal to the group, including in the fields of culture and religion Source: http://www.pdhre.org/rights/ethnicity.html
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4 Martin Luther King, Jr received the Nobel Peace Prize for
his work against racial discrimination Find information and
write a short biography You may consider these questions:
5 Project work: in pairs, collect information
about ethnic minorities in your country
Write sentences stating whether their
rights are respected or not by the rest of
the population and by the government.
3 Mahatma Gandhi was an example for many movements for
civil rights and freedom all over the world Complete part of his
biography using the Simple Past.
6 Then read again the Human Rights of Ethnic
Minorities Consider the problems that you included
in the previous activity and write sentences about the
aspects that you consider should undergo changes.
(become) the leader of the Indian Nationalist Movement Among his numerous actions, he
When was he born? Where?
What did he do? Did he study?
Did he get married?
How did he gain public support? What were
the demonstrations like?
Could he freely communicate his ideas? Was
he arrested?
When was he awarded the Nobel Prize? What
did he decide to do with the prize money?
When did he die? Where? How?
What were his main contributions?