Mapping the Constitutional Agreement: In Search of a Basis to Functioning of Multiethnic States
Mapping the Constitutional Agreement: In Search of a Basis to Functioning of Multiethnic States

Summary/Abstract: With the end of bloody conflicts and wars in the Balkans, which caused hundreds of thousands of victims, genocide and large-scale destruction, the international community used various methods and tactics for achieving peace in Ballkan. The solutions that were proposed, were imposed, temporary political solutions, achieved through compromise, which did not meet the requirements of any community (leaving pending and unresolved key issues). These solutions that were proposed by the international community in most cases were balanced, and in some cases were contrary to the interests of the peoples that were victims of war in former Yugoslavia. The agreements reached between the parties in conflict, internationally mediated to end the war - especially in Bosnia, Kosovo and Macedonia – created the so called multiethnic states that every day more and more are seen as flawed and unworkable projects in practice. One of the criticisms addressed to traditional approaches to drafting the constitution is that they have a static, unchanging and contractually access to the process of drafting of the constitution. The new approach is characterized by greater transparency and broader participation of the public. The process is also characterized by increasing the involvement of the international community in the process, to otherwise known as "joint effort with the international community".

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