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European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages of 5 November 1992, defines the "regional or minority languages" as traditionally used within a given territory of a State by nationals of that State who form a group numerically smaller than the rest of the State's population and different from the official language(s) of that State. (...) Broadcasting in languages and dialects traditionally used by Turkish citizens in their daily lives The third harmonization package has brought amendments to the “Law on the Establishment of Radio and Television Enterprises and Their Broadcasts” which provide for broadcasting in languages and dialects traditionally used by Turkish citizens in their daily lives. In order to regulate the implementation of this legislative amendment, “The Regulation on Radio and Television Broadcasts in Languages and Dialects Traditionally Used by Turkish Citizens in Their Daily Lives” was drafted by the Supreme Board of Radio and Television and entered into force upon its publishment in the Official Gazette of 25 January 2004, No. 25357.

These dynamics were particularly dramatic in the southern plains, where lands traditionally controlled by indigenous communities were lost to migrants from the hill districts in the 1950s and 1960s. 31. (...) The Chepangs, who are traditionally hunter-gatherers and practise a nomadic way of life in the forests, are now under threat of eviction from their traditional lands. 33. (...) The park was established in 1971 in areas traditionally used and inhabited by the Tharu, Majhi, Bote, Darai and other communities who were displaced to the park’s buffer zone.

The rights of ownership and possession of the peoples concerned over the lands which they traditionally occupy shall be recognized. In addition, measures shall be taken in appropriate cases to safeguard the right of the peoples concerned to use lands not exclusively occupied by them, but to which they have traditionally had access for their subsistence and traditional activities. (...) Governments shall take steps as necessary to identify the lands which the peoples concerned traditionally occupy, and to guarantee effective protection of their rights of ownership and possession (...) The Committee especially calls upon States parties to recognize and protect the rights of indigenous peoples to own, develop, control and use their communal lands, territories and resources and, where they have been deprived of their lands and territories traditionally owned or otherwise inhabited or used without their free and informed consent, to take steps to return those lands and territories.

The Sami people 4. The Sami people traditionally inhabit a territory known as Sápmi, which traverses the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Russian Kola peninsula. (...) The Sami people’s culture and traditions have evolved over hundreds of years through a close connection to nature and land. Traditionally, the Sami have relied on hunting, fishing, gathering and trapping, with reindeer herding, in particular, of central importance. (...) States’ expropriation of land traditionally used by the Sami people, be it for the purpose of natural resource extraction or other development projects, constitutes a limitation of their property rights.

Basarwa communities reside in seven districts: the Southern, Kweneng, Kgatleng, Ghanzi, Kgalagadi, Central, and North West districts. Traditionally, the Basarwa were a semi- nomadic people who practised a hunter-gatherer and agro-pastoralist lifestyle, moving within designated areas based on the seasons and availability of resources, such as water, game and edible plants. 8. Other non-dominant tribes in Botswana include the Bakgalagadi people, comprised of several subgroups including the Bangologa and Bakgwathen, who number approximately 272,000. Traditionally, the Bakgalagadi were agro-pastoralists who occasionally moved depending on the water supply. (...) By many accounts, the Basarwa have been especially affected over time by the expansion of majority tribes and non-indigenous farmers into the areas traditionally used and occupied by them, particularly in western Botswana.

The Turkish Radio and Television (TRT) and private TV and radio channels broadcast in languages and dialects used traditionally by Turkish citizens in their daily lives.

Article 231 of the Constitution calls for recognition of “their social organization, customs, languages, creeds and traditions, as well as their original rights to the lands they traditionally occupy”; provides protections for these rights, especially in relation to the exploitation of natural resources on indigenous lands; guards indigenous peoples against dispossession of or forced removal from their lands; and places a duty upon the Union to demarcate the lands traditionally occupied by indigenous peoples and “to protect and ensure respect for all their property”. (...) Under the 1988 Constitution, indigenous peoples are entitled to the “permanent possession” of the lands they traditionally occupy and “have the exclusive usufruct of the riches of the soil, the rivers and the lakes existing therein” (art. 231), while at the same time the Constitution deems these lands to be inalienable property of the Union (art. 20). 37. (...) Article 27 of the United Nations Declaration affirms the right of indigenous peoples to “own, use, develop and control the lands, territories and resources” they traditionally occupy; for its part, ILO Convention 169 declares in its article 14, “The rights of ownership and possession of the peoples concerned over the lands A/HRC/12/34/Add.2 página 13 which they traditionally occupy shall be recognized.”

To all those who have been following the sinister history behind this terrorist and his links with the successive US governments, the FBI and the CIA in his dirty war against Cuba, this is an additional proof of the support and protection that the US authorities have traditionally granted to him. Since the moment of his landing in Florida after traveling from Isla Mujeres in Mexico on board of the “Santrina” boat, as was timely denounced by Commander in Chief Fidel Castro, Posada Carriles has been, as he always was, under the tutelage and protection of the US government.

The number of Shias traditionally residing in the country is very small, and might number only a few hundred persons. (...) Moreover, in regions in which Christians do not traditionally reside, they reportedly may be perceived as not really fitting into an Arab society. 21. (...) Education should include basic information about religions that do not traditionally exist in the country. Equally important is information about intra- religious diversity, including different Christian denominations and different branches of Islam.

The Nama are herders and pastoralists who are descendants of some of the first inhabitants of present-day Namibia. The Nama traditionally led a nomadic life in the vast areas between the Kalahari and the Namib deserts but suffered enormous losses during German colonization, which contributed to a breakdown of their tribal social structure. (...) They also have the right to hunt traditionally with bows and arrows; they are the only San group in the country that has this right under Namibian law. (...) The Khwe likewise have no right to hunt game, traditionally or otherwise, within the park’s boundaries, and may only gather, in specific ungazetted areas, some essential subsistence items, including firewood. 48.