Ethnic group

Anethnic groupis a group of people who are considered to be the same in some or multiple ways. They may all have the sameancestors,speak the samelanguage,or have the sameculture,which could sometimes includereligion.They often live in the same or surrounding area.

Sometimes almost all of the people in onecountryare of the same ethnic group, but not always. Often one country may have several different ethnic groups, or the people of one ethnic group may live in several different countries.

TheInternational Covenant on Civil and Political Rightsensures the rights of ethnic groups in Article 27 and also gives them the right to use their ownlanguage.

An example of an ethnic group is theSlavic peoplesandRoma people.