I was the organiser for this year’s Minority Rights Summer School , held at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway, from 13th-17th June. It was the eleventh year of the School, which always attracts an interesting group of academics, students, activists and lobbyists, as well as those with a general interest in minority and indigenous rights and the role of human rights law in promoting equality and diversity. The programme this year saw a range of speakers, including a full day of sessions dedicated to a forum on indigenous peoples’ rights with contributions from scholars and practitioners. Other topics included the rights of women within Islam, genocide, multiculturalism, defamation of religion, the Turkish accession debate, caste-based discrimination, minorities and the UN procedures, migrant workers in the Gulf and the Naxalite conflict in India. In all an eclectic mix which reflects the current vibrancy of the minority rights and indigenous rights discourse. A major aspe