Sentences with phrase «protection of minority interests»

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The plaintiffs detailed the many ways in which seniority protection placed teacher interests ahead of those of minority students.

When this happens, religious freedom's intersection with equality and other constitutional values, such as multiculturalism and minority protection, suggest a more holistic conception of freedom that accounts for relational interests.

The Sub-Commission on Prevention of discrimination and protection of minorities stated in 1947, as a consequence of this understanding, that «differential treatment of (minorities) is justified when it is in the interests of their contentment and the welfare of the community as a whole»: UN Doc E / CN.4 / 52, Section V quoted in Pritchard, S, «Special measures», op.cit, p186.

This guarantee is conferred on the members of a minority group, for the purpose of protection of their interests and not from the motive of discrimination itself.