Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues

Dr Fernand de Varennes. Rapporteur spécial sortant des Nations Unies sur les questions relatives aux minorités - FormerUN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues.

[Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues @fernanddev]

Excellent analysis. https://t.co/rhVScvRME9
One clarification: the Chisinau process is continuation of Interlaken process to boost the margin of appreciation and limit the role of the ECHR in 'sensitive' areas after Lautsi v. Italy (religious minorities and state preferences)

[Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues @fernanddev]

The Chișinău Process: Dialogue or Duress? https://t.co/rhVScvRME9
Excellent text, but I would add Chisinau process is continuation of Interlaken, which was launched to boost margin of appreciation following religious minority case of Lautsi v. Italy...

[FOSTERLANG @FOSTERLANG_EUR]

Today we share insights from WP9: Communication, Dissemination & Exploitation 📣🌍
Led by ELEN, WP9 ensures FOSTERLANG results reach diverse audiences, raise awareness, and strengthen linguistic diversity across Europe.
#WP9 #LinguisticCapital #MinoritisedLanguages

[Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues @fernanddev]

Interested in #minorityrights? (especially Acadians since we have challenging times with #languagerights being neglected). This is a great programme at #EURAC which I am very familiar with & highly recommend. It doesn't hurt it is in a very picturesque part of north Italy either!

[Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues @fernanddev]

Aux intéressés aux #droits des #minortés, y compris les #Acadiens compte tenu des défis énormes par rapport à nos droits linguistiques, voici un programme que je connais bien & que je recommande fortement. Ça ne fait pas de tort que ce soit dans une partie pittoresque d'Italie!

[Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues @fernanddev]

Roma Organizations Submit Urgent Communication to UN Experts on Discriminatory Measures and Rising Anti-Roma Hostility in Slovenia https://t.co/eDb7LvXCET

[FOSTERLANG @FOSTERLANG_EUR]

The ELEN General Assembly will host two FOSTERLANG workshops on how languages thrive through education and digital engagement — one on Catalan immersion education and another on youth, social media, and language promotion across Europe.

[Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues @fernanddev]

From 14 Countries, 15+ Roma Orgs Unite; UN Application Finalized https://t.co/mpbyZwbjh3

[Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues @fernanddev]

Alertez sur la fermeture du CAPES LSF 2026 https://t.co/qlyJ6yFaaX via @ChangeFrance

[Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues @fernanddev]

Alertez sur la fermeture du CAPES LSF 2026 https://t.co/qlyJ6yFI0v via @ChangeFrance

[Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues @fernanddev]

Urge UN to Act Against India's Unjust Imprisonment of Yasin Malik - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/1gwD9Ws0Q0 via @CdnChange

[Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues @fernanddev]

30 ans d’injustice et de discrimination envers les enfants acadiens et francophones de la Nouvelle-Écosse – FANE https://t.co/NzEYplkJHr

[Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues @fernanddev]

Jakarta Conference about to start. My message: international community & law are failing to maintain peace and stability. Injustices, nationalisms,& might makes right rule. Urgent reforms are needed to enforce human rights & international law to reverse conflicts & atrocities

[Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues @fernanddev]

Nous commençons à Djakarta.Demain mon message : la communauté & le droit international ne réussissent pas à maintenir paix & stabilité. Des réformes s'imposent pour renforcer droits humains & le droit international, sans quoi nous continuerons la dérive vers conflits & atrocités

[Agnes Callamard @AgnesCallamard]

Many thanks to @btselem for their courageous and important report, the first from an Israeli organisation and media concluding Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
They are joining @amnesty and thousands of organisations, including Palestinian organisations, scholars and jurists in reaching this "unequivocal conclusion" and in demanding an end to the genocide.
In addition to Gaza, @btselem report also focuses on the crimes committed in the occupied West Bank, including forcible transfer, and warn us all that Israel is “replicating in the West Bank - albeit on a smaller scale - some of the patterns it is implementing in Gaza."
Given Israel' s ongoing crack down on the work of Palestinian and Israeli human rights organizations, @btselem needs the support from all around the world who believes in justice and accountability, in independent media, in courageous reporting.
We must end the genocide in Gaza. It should have ended months ago.

[Tuesdays Against Execution Podcast @TuesdaysPodcast]

🔴 On July 22, the 78th #TuesdaysAgainstExecution, prisoners in 48 prisons across Iran will launch a coordinated hunger strike to protest the accelerating wave of executions.

🎙️ On this day, Dr. Elia hosts Dr. @fernanddev, former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues, in a powerful episode of the "Tuesdays Against Execution" podcast.

Help amplify this campaign.
✊ Share the podcast. Raise awareness. Be their voice.

𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬, 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙤, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙖 𝙥𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 "𝙏𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝘼𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝙀𝙭𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣" 𝙋𝙤𝙙𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩
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#NoToExecution #HumanRights #Iran #StopExecutionsInIran

[Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues @fernanddev]

The ECOSOC 2025 High Level Political Forum this Monday 21 July. Honored to intervene at the side event organised by the World Roma Federation on concrete measures instead of mainly symbolic gestures in an increasingly nationalist environment.
https://t.co/9iKDULFErA

[Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues @fernanddev]

La Forum politique de haut niveau ECOSOC 2025 a lieu lundi 21 juillet. Honoré de prendre la parole à l'événement parallèle organisé par la Fédération mondiale Roms pour traiter des mesures concrètes pour assurer l'inclusion réelle plutôt que le symbolisme. https://t.co/9iKDULFErA

[Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues @fernanddev]

Les leçons du passé devraient servir à la prévention d'atrocités et de génocides...

Lessons of the past should serve to teach us how to avoid atrocities and genocides...

https://t.co/WZzHqieqcs

[Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues @fernanddev]

Launch of the first issue of the #SouthAsia Journal for Minorities highlights the challenges faced by #religious & #ethnic #minorities, as well as expertise on their rights. Delighted to assist them as Honorary Editor-in-Chief.
@OrgSarifm
#sarifm
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