View of a "Stop Asian Hate" rally in Union Square. New Yorkers rallied in support of the Atlanta shooting victims and to call for an end to violence against Asian-Americans ©UN Photo/Evan Schneider. UN Secretary-General is profoundly concerned over rise in violence against Asians. Let's stand in solidarity with all who face racism & other assaults on their human rights!
Adopted by consensus in 1992, the purpose of the United Nations Minorities Declaration is the promotion and protection of the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities and as such to contribute to the political and social stability of States in which they live.
There is no internationally agreed definition as to who is a minority. The existence of a minority is a question of fact and carries both objective factors (such as the existence of a shared ethnicity, language or religion) and subjective factors (including that individuals must identify themselves as belonging to a national or ethnic, religious or linguistic minority group).
Already in 1948, the General Assembly declared that the United Nations could not remain indifferent to the fate of minorities.
The Declaration was inspired by Article 27 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which is the most widely accepted legally binding provision on minorities.
In-depth reading available on OHCHR's website