Cultural and Educational Rights of Minorities: A Human Right and Constitutional Law Perspective

Indian Journal for Social Studies and Humanities, ISSN No.2277-7458, Vol -1, Issue-2, April-June, 2012

14 Pages Posted: 31 Jan 2013 Last revised: 12 Feb 2013

Date Written: January 30, 2013

Abstract

Cultural and educational rights of the minorities are very important and essential which work as a tool for the uplifment of the minorities. Culture plays a vital role for the congenial development of children who belong to the community of minorities and that is why the preservation of culture, language and religion are important. Without education the progress of a community is not possible and the transformation of a society depends on education. All over the world it has been found that there is a huge gap between the minority and majority communities. For the sake of equality and a healthy relationship between the communities there need some special right of the minority. The world human right documents also recognized the cultural and educational rights of the minorities.

According to English Language Dictionary, minority means: “The Minority of people or things is a number of them that form less than half of the large group, used especially when the number is much less than half of the large group.”

An important report prepared for the UN Human Rights Commissions Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and the Protection of Minorities describe Minority as: “A group numerically inferior to do the rest of the population of a State, in a non-dominant position, whose members – being nationals of the State – possess ethnic, religious or linguistic characteristics differing from those of the rest of the population and show if not implicitly, a sense of solidarity directed towards preserving their culture, traditions, religion or language.”

Keywords: Right to Culture under Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Cultural Rights under International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Educational Right under UDHR, Right to Education under International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights, Cultural and Educational Rights

Suggested Citation

Ali, S. K., Cultural and Educational Rights of Minorities: A Human Right and Constitutional Law Perspective (January 30, 2013). Indian Journal for Social Studies and Humanities, ISSN No.2277-7458, Vol -1, Issue-2, April-June, 2012, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2208559 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2208559

S. K. Ali (Contact Author)

Balurghat Law College ( email )

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