While UN treaty bodies have sought to address forms of oppression resulting from the intersection of gender, race and/or disability through their practice, they rarely recognise the experience of groups at the intersection of other social categories. This article uses the lens of intersectionality to analyse the practice of UN treaty bodies in relation to the intersection of minority and refugee status. We argue that while minority-refugees have fled persecution connected to their minority status, UN treaty bodies have failed to appreciate the impact of their location at the intersection of persons belonging to minorities and refugees in host States on their right to preserve their cultural identity. By failing to address the distinct experience of minority-refugees, UN treaty bodies risk participating in their oppression. Further, we reveal that current practice not only has potentially negative consequences for minority-refugees – as both individuals and groups – and for the host society but may even undermine the ability of IHRL to achieve its overarching objectives.

虽然联合国条约机构试图通过其实践来解决因性别、种族和/或残疾交叉导致的压迫形式，但他们很少认识到处于其他社会类别交叉点的群体的经历。本文使用交叉性的视角来分析联合国条约机构在少数民族和难民身份交叉方面的实践。我们认为，虽然少数族裔难民逃离了与其少数族裔身份相关的迫害，但联合国条约机构未能意识到他们位于少数族裔人士和东道国难民的交汇处对其保护文化身份的权利的影响。由于未能解决少数族裔难民的独特经历，联合国条约机构有可能参与压迫他们。更远，