Komparativni pregled odredbi Instrumenta Srednjoevropske inicijative za zaštitu manjinskih prava i Okvirne konvencije za zaštitu nacionalnih manjina Saveta Evrope
Comparative review of the provisions of the Central European Initiative Instrument for the Protection of Minority Rights and the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses some characteristics of the Instrument CEI for Protection of Minorities, adopted by the Central European Initiative and the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, which were adopted in mid-last decade of the last century. Within the analysis of European standards of minority protection, the author focuses on the questions of the subject of minority protection, definition of the term national minority and on specific issues related to the regulation of the legal situation of Roma in international documents. In historical perspective, the author raises the hypothesis that the level of protection in a new European instruments corresponds to the political consensus, achieved after politica reconciliation in Europe, and reflects the limits of readiness of the states to assume their obligations toward different minorities.

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