 Cultural rights include language rights for members of cultural minorities and the rights of indigenous peoples to preserve their cultural institutions and practices and to exercise some measure of political autonomy. Article 27 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights declares that such rights ought to be protected: “In those States in which ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities exist, persons belonging to such minorities shall not be denied the right, in community with the other members of their group, to enjoy their own culture, to profess and practice their own religion, or to use their own language.” Similarly, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects the language rights of minorities, and section 27 provides, “This Charter shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with the preservation and enhancement of the multicultural heritage of Canadians.” In the United States, the Voting Rights Act protects the speakers of certain minority languages (52 U.S.C. §10303), and constitutional doctrine recognizes native Indian tribes as having some rights of political self-rule.