The rights of ethnic and religious minorities in international human rights documents

International human rights declarations and documents emphasize the equal rights of individuals and the principle of equality in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a reason for the importance of eliminating discrimination against human society. The ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities must achieve their human rights in accordance with principles such as dignity, liberty, equality and the right to self-determination. Any discrimination against them is rejected and the collection of human rights documents after World War II has focused on the issue of minorities. All the rights that citizens enjoy are legitimate for minorities. Given the importance of minority rights in multicultural political systems, the article tries to answer this question; what are the rights of ethnic and religious minorities under international human rights documents? The author shows by descriptive methods and analysis of human rights documents that ethnic and religious minorities have multi-dimensional rights, but executive shortcomings and lack of enforcement guarantees have weakened the rights. The author also refers to Islam’s view on the rights of ethnic and religious minorities and Solutions to eliminate deficiencies.