A/HRC/26/29 enjoy or exercise, on an equal basis with others, all human rights and fundamental freedoms (A/HRC/19/41); • Provide reasonable accommodation of and support to persons with disabilities to ensure that they enjoy or exercise, on an equal basis with others, all human rights and fundamental freedoms;7 • Combat prejudice, eliminate discrimination and promote tolerance, understanding and good relations among indigenous peoples and all other segments of society;8 • Take measures to protect and promote the rights of minorities and their identity and take positive action to help minority cultures flourish;9 • Prohibit the collective expulsion of migrant workers and members of their families and prohibit discriminatory legislation, in particular concerning remuneration, conditions of work and terms of employment;10 • Contribute to the national, economic and social development processes of internally displaced people.11 19. The Special Rapporteur notes that, in general, State obligations to achieve nondiscrimination and equality are immediate and not subject to progressive realization. 20. International human rights instruments that protect the rights of particular groups specifically recognize directly or indirectly the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association for those groups: • The Convention on the Rights of the Child requires States parties recognizes the rights of the child to freedom of association and to freedom of peaceful assembly (art. 15). • The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women requires States to take all appropriate measures to ensure that women are able to participate in the political and public life of the country on equal terms with men. That includes the right to participate in non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and associations concerned with the public and political life of the country (art. 7). • The obligation of States to safeguard the human rights of LGBTI people is well established in international human rights law on the basis of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which, in article 1, unequivocally reads: “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” Moreover, it is enshrined in the jurisprudence and interpretation of State obligations arising from international human rights law by numerous United Nations human rights treaty bodies.12 In its resolution 17/19, the Human Rights Council expressed concern at acts of violence and discrimination, in all regions of the world, committed against individuals because of their sexual orientation and gender identity. 7 8 9 10 11 12 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, art. 4, para. 1. United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, art. 15. Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities, arts. 1 and 4. International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, arts. 22 and 25. General Assembly resolution 68/180. See, for example, the Human Rights Committee, Toonen v. Australia (Views) and CCPR/C/KWT/CO/2; the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, general comment No. 20 (2009); the Committee on the Rights of the Child, general comments No. 3 (2003), No. 4 (2003) and No. 13 (2011); and the Committee against Torture, general comment No. 2 (2007). 7