Input on the 2026 report of the Secretary-General on the Rights of Persons belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities. Submission by the Section on Archives and Human Rights (SAHR) of the International Council on Archives (ICA).
The International Council on Archives (ICA), an international association created in 1948 to promote the development of archives, with advisory status to UNESCO in the field of archives and documentary heritage, commends the call for input on the 2026 report of the Secretary-General on the Rights of Persons belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities [https://www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for-input/2026/call-inputs-2026-report-secretary-general-rights-persons-belonging-national-or].
Supporting this initiative, the International Council on Archives, informed by the work of its Section on Archives and Human Rights (SAHR), is pleased to share experiences and recommendations that relate to archives in this context. Our perspective is grounded both in UN standards on minority and Indigenous rights and in archival ethics articulated within ICA, including the 2019 Tandanya–Adelaide Declaration arising from the ICA Indigenous Matters Summit.
