Author : David J. Galbreath
Publisher : Springer
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 47,47 MB
Release : 2011-12-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0230359221
Evaluates the nature of the international governance of minority rights in the context of the enlargement of the European Union. This book examines the origin and development of the European Minority Rights Regime paying particular attention to the institutions, policies and actions of European organisations.
Author : M. Weller
Publisher : Springer
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 25,60 MB
Release : 2008-09-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 023058229X
This book examines whether we are moving towards an integrated regional system of legal provision for minorities. It illustrates the tension between newer member states, many of which have an interest in seeing minority issues addressed, and established members, which remain hesitant in committing themselves fully to a minority rights regime.
Author : Jennifer Jackson Preece
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 23,49 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780198294375
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Author : Timofey Agarin
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 36,48 MB
Release : 2016-03-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1783481927
In order to gain access to the EU, nations must be seen to implement formal instruments that protect the rights of minorities. This book examines the ways in which these tools have worked in a number of post-communist states, and explores the interaction of domestic and international structures that determine the application of these policies. Using empirical examples and comparative cases, the text explores three levels of policy-making: within sub-state and national politics, and within international agreements, laws and policy blueprints. This enables the authors to establish how domestic policymakers negotiate various structural factors in order to interpret rights norms and implement them long enough to gain EU accession. Showing that it is necessary to focus upon the states of post-communist Europe as autonomous actors, and not as mere recipients of directives and initiatives from ‘the West’, the book shows how underlying structural conditions allow domestic policy actors to talk the talk of rights protection without walking the walk of implementing minority rights legislation on their territories.
Author : Patrick Thornberry
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 686 pages
File Size : 28,99 MB
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9287153663
This publication discusses the main standards and mechanisms created by the Council of Europe and other international organisations to protect the rights of minorities in Europe, including key legal instruments such as the European Convention on Human Rights, the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, and the European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages. It reviews the monitoring activities in various Council of Europe member and non-member states, both prior to their accession and in their post-accession phase. The publication also includes a detailed examination of the case of the Roma/Gypsies, a specific minority without a 'kin state'.
Author : Peter Cumper
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 24,20 MB
Release : 1999-02-04
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789041111241
This collection of essays examines the legal regime in the post-Cold War era which has developed in response to the demands of ethnic, racial & religious groups in Europe. In essence this volume seeks to examine the 'old' problem of national minorities in the 'new' Europe. The essays examine the response of the main institutions within Europe (i.e. the Council of Europe, OSCE & European Union), the increasing recourse of states to bilateral arrangements, the developing content of minority rights, the challenges posed by state-building & the resolution of conflicts involving national minorities. Particular issues considered include the minorities situation in the Former Yugoslavia, the situation in Ukraine (in particular in Crimea), the position of the minority Catholic population in Northern Ireland, as well as developments in the context of autonomous regimes & power-sharing arrangements. At the end of the book, a collection of documents, which supplement these chapters & are relevant to minority rights in the 'New' Europe, can be found. Whilst the book's editors are both legal academics from the United Kingdom, the contributors' backgrounds are diverse & varied, originating from a number of different countries, with expertise in a wide variety of areas.
Author : Bernd Rechel
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 20,46 MB
Release : 2010-06
Category : Europe, Central
ISBN : 0415590310
This book provides a comprehensive assessment of minority rights in Central and Eastern Europe, covering all the countries of the region that have joined the EU since 2004, including Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria.
Author : Florence Benoît-Rohmer
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 25,38 MB
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789287129321
2nd Part : Annexes
Author : Kristin Henrard
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 39,96 MB
Release : 2021-07-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 9004482504
Author : Council of Europe
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 26,24 MB
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789287157027
The protection of national minorities is a core issue for the Council of Europe, and one of the major achievements in this field is the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. The entry into force of the Framework Convention on 1 February 1998 was indeed an event of universal stature, for it is the first ever legally binding multilateral instrument devoted to the protection of national minorities in general. Its importance is widely acknowledged, and the number of ratifications has grown rapidly. Simultaneously, an emphasis is being placed on the implementation and on the efficient functioning of the monitoring mechanism of the Framework Convention. This collection provides all those interested in the protection of national minorities a user-friendly compilation of the basic texts concerning the Framework Convention. In addition to the Framework Convention and its explanatory memorandum, the collection contains texts pertaining to the monitoring mechanism in general and the Advisory Committee in particular. It further provides the state of signatures and ratifications as well as declarations and reservations. It also contains a list of State Reports received and Opinions of the Advisory Committee adopted under both the first and second cycles of monitoring.
