On the occasion of the 12th session of the UN Forum on Minority Issues, TLI will host a side-event on 28 November, 13:00-15:00, Room XXII, Palais des Nations, on the new Regional Forums on Minority Issues.

Speakers include:
Fernand de Varennes, UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues
Anna-Mária Bíró, Tom Lantos Institute
Ingvill Thorson Plesner, Norwegian Center for Holocaust and Minority Studies
Davyth Hicks, European Language Equality Network
Taisuke Komatsu, International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism
Nouha Grine, former OHCHR Minority Fellow
Neil Clarke, Minority Rights Group International
Tove Skutnabb-Kangas, Åbo Akademi University
Tamás Kiss, Romanian Institute for Research on National Minorities
Shivani Nag, Ambedkar University
Linda Tsung, University of Sydney
Sofia Melikova, former OHCHR Minority Fellow
Farkhat Ibrahimov, former OHCHR Minority Fellow
Lucia Parrucci, Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization
Marcus Oda, Tom Lantos Institute

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