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  Human Rights in
culturally diverse societies

  Human Rights
Development (DH-DEV)

 

DH-DEV Group on Human Rights
in a Multicultural Society
(GT-DEV-SM)

Presentation

In 2007, the DH-DEV Group on Human Rights in a Multicultural Society (GT-DEV-SM) was set up to to examine the issues related to the respect of human rights in a multicultural society with a view to identifying areas where further intergovernmental work would be beneficial, giving priority to “hate speech” and “the wearing of religious symbols in public areas” and to organise a conference on human rights in a multicultural society (The Hague, November 2008).

  Declaration by the Committee of Ministers on human rights in culturally diverse societies
 (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 1 July 2009 at the 1062nd meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)
 Council of Europe special page on The Hague Conference, November 2008 : "Human Rights in Culturally Diverse Societies: Challenges and Perspectives"
  GT-DEV-SM Terms of references
 

Documents GT-DEV-SM

1st meeting, 17–19 October 2007 (Paris)   Meeting report 1
2nd meeting, 17–18 March 2008 (Strasbourg)   Meeting report 2

Others documents

   
Proceedings of the Conference on "Human rights in culturally diverse societies: challenges and perspectives” (The Hague, November 2008)   Link to Publications