Title: The impact of minority rights mechanisms
First published: 2005
Description: History shows a pattern of oppression, forced assimilation, and even destruction of minority groups. Although legal and quasi-legal instruments were adopted after both the First and Second World Wars, it was not until after the fall of the Berlin Wall that the protection of persons belonging to national minorities became a dominant issue in the international legal and political arenas. This book focuses on three mechanisms in the field: the OSCE High Commission on National Minorities (established in 1992), the UN Working Group on Minorities (established 1995), and the CoE Advisory Committee on Minorities (established 1997). The core question examined is whether these mechanisms, with the variety of approaches and working methods at their disposal, really make a difference in the protection of national minorities.
Subjects: Minorities, Human rights, Civil rights, Legal status, laws, Minorities, legal status, laws, etc., Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, United Nations. Sub-commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities. Working Group
LC classification: JC312 .L48 2005