Remember that:
* any Bhutanese refugees returning to Bhutan must do so with full citizenship rights and human rights protections.
* wherever in the world Bhutanese refugees may be resettled, they do not forfeit their right to return to their own country when the human rights situation in Bhutan improves.
* Bhutanese refugees settled in other countries should be able to communicate with their relatives and friends in Bhutan without fear that their loved ones may suffer.
* Lhotshampas who have stayed in Bhutan through the troubled times remain a vulnerable group, and their King and Government must ensure that they enjoy full citizenship rights and human rights protections.
* Bhutan is signatory to the United Nations Convention on all forms of Discrimination against Women and and Convention on the Rights of the Child, and has undertaken to uphold all the provisions of these two conventions.
Call on your government, working through UN agencies, through regional associations (for example the European Union or the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation), or in its bilateral dealings with Bhutan,
* to urge the Royal Government of Bhutan to make the benefits of development aid accessible to all Bhutanese people equally, regardless of their ethnic group.
* to urge the Royal Government of Bhutan to carry out its full responsibilities under the human rights instruments to which it is committed.
Inform yourself if you are travelling to Bhutan for vacation or work, by learning more about the human rights situation in the country.
Challenge others to look more seriously at the grave human rights abuses which are often glossed over in the portrayal of Bhutan as a “Shangri-la.”
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