Minority Protection: Standards and Reality: Implementation of Council of Europe standards in Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria - Hardcover

Meijknecht, Anna K.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9067041912 ISBN 13: 9789067041911

Publisher: T.M.C. Asser Press, 2004

Synopsis

In 1998 the Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities entered into force. This study evaluates how the standards of the Framework Convention function in reality and whether the interests of minorities are best served by this form of protection by the international community. The author assesses the use of international principles on rights for minorities in Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria, three states with a difficult socio-economic situation and large minority populations.

Two specific principles embodied in the Framework Convention are focused upon. The first, the principle of non-discrimination, is discussed with regard to the Roma minority in Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria, the Muslim minority in Bulgaria, and in relation to the Benes Decrees affecting the Hungarians and German minority in Slovakia. The second principle, protection of linguistic rights, is discussed in relation to the Hungarian minority in Slovakia and Romania and to the Roma minorities.

Specific to this book:

• Provides a detailed examination of the Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, which entered into force in 1998

• Looks specificallyat the minorities of Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria

• Of particular interest in light of the recent accession of other Eastern European countries to the European Union

About this title

About the Author

Anna K. Meijknecht is Lecturer in European and International Public Law, Tilburg University, The Netherlands.

Edition details

• Publisher: T.M.C. Asser Press
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9067041912
• ISBN 13: 9789067041911
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 232