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1. Minority rights - Wikipedia
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minority_rights
Description: WEBMinority rights are the normal individual rights as applied to members of racial, ethnic, class, religious, linguistic or gender and sexual minorities, and also the collective rights accorded to any minority group.
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2. Majority Rule, Minority Rights: The Constitution and Court Cases
Link: https://constitutionus.com/constitution/majority-rules-minority-rights-examples/
Description: WEBWhat are Minority Rights? Minority rights are things that the majority should not or is not legally allowed to take away from the minority, not even if they can win a popular vote to take away rights. Things like freedom of speech and the right to vote are not things you can take away from groups of people under the constitution.
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3. Minority rights | The Princeton Encyclopedia of Self-Determination
Link: https://pesd.princeton.edu/node/531
Description: WEBIn much of the political science and law literatures, the term `minority rights’ is used to refer to legal provisions that have two key features: first, they are intended to recognize or accommodate the distinctive needs of non-dominant ethnic or racial groups; and second, they do so by adopting minority-specific measures, above and beyond ...
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4. About minorities and human rights | OHCHR
Link: https://www.ohchr.org/en/minorities/about-minorities-and-human-rights
Description: WEBAbout minorities and human rights. Minorities exist in every country of the world, enriching the diversity of their societies. Minority identity is understood to involve subjective and objective elements. The self-identification of the person concerned is taken to …
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5. Minority | Definition & Facts | Britannica
Link: https://www.britannica.com/topic/minority
Description: WEBFeb 23, 2024 · Minority, a culturally, ethnically, or racially distinct group that coexists with but is subordinate to a more dominant group. As the term is used in the social sciences, this subordinacy is the chief defining characteristic of a minority group.
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6. About minorities and human rights | OHCHR
Link: https://www.ohchr.org/en/special-procedures/sr-minority-issues/about-minorities-and-human-rights
Description: WEBConcept of a minority: mandate definition. An ethnic, religious or linguistic minority is any group of persons which constitutes less than half of the population in the entire territory of a State whose members share common characteristics of culture, religion or language, or a combination of any of these.
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7. Balancing minority and majority rights: lesson overview - Khan Academy
Link: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-government-and-civics/us-gov-civil-liberties-and-civil-rights/us-gov-balancing-minority-and-majority-rights/a/lesson-summary-balancing-minority-and-majority-rights
Description: WEBBalancing minority and majority rights: lesson overview. Google Classroom. The Supreme Court's interpretation of the Constitution can have a significant effect on the civil rights of minority groups. When a case is argued before the Supreme Court, its interpretation of the Constitution can have a significant effect on the civil rights of ...
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8. Minorities | OHCHR - UN Human Rights Office
Link: https://www.ohchr.org/en/topic/minorities
Description: WEBApr 8, 2024 · Minorities enrich the societies of each and every country in the world. Yet too often, minorities face multiple forms of discrimination, resulting in marginalization, violence and exclusion. We must aim to ensure that no one is afraid to self-identify as a member of a minority, fearing disadvantage will come out of that decision.
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9. Minorities and Human Rights Law - Minority Rights Group
Link: https://minorityrights.org/resources/minorities-and-human-rights-law/
Description: WEBReports and briefings. 1 June 1991. Following the pioneering UN Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, there have been many attempts to formulate international legal standards, to define a States’ obligations to its citizens and to curtail its abuses. What do these standards have to offer minorities?
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10. Majority Rule, Minority Rights — Principles of Democracy
Link: https://www.principlesofdemocracy.org/majority
Description: WEBMinorities -- whether as a result of ethnic background, religious belief, geographic location, income level, or simply as the losers in elections or political debate -- enjoy guaranteed basic human rights that no government, and no majority, elected or not, should remove.
