Minority Rights in the "new" Europe: The HaguePeter Cumper, Steven Charles Wheatley 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. |
Contents
An Introduction | 15 |
The Legal Regulation | 22 |
Cooperation in Europe | 31 |
Minority Rights Under the Council of Europe | 53 |
Monitoring Minority Rights under the Council of Europes | 71 |
The European Union and Minority Nations | 89 |
Bilateralism versus Regionalism in the Resolution | 105 |
Lessons | 129 |
The International Status of Cultural Rights for National | 185 |
The Challenges of State Building in the New Europe | 199 |
The Concept of Autonomy and Minority Rights in Europe | 217 |
Ukraine and the Question | 233 |
William Bowring | 251 |
International Legal Order and MinorityGovernment Conflict | 285 |
Minorities Rights and Conflict Resolution in Northern Ireland | 305 |
Contributors | 325 |
Common terms and phrases
adopted application autonomy belonging to national bilateral chapter citizenship Civil and Political co-operation Commission Committee of Ministers concerned conflict Constitution Council of Europe Court Crimean Tatars CSCE Cultural Rights Dayton Dayton accord Declaration democratic discrimination Eastern Europe ECHR economic established Europe's Framework Convention European Convention European Social Charter European Union example experts group rights High Commissioner Human Dimension Human Rights Hungarian minorities Hungary Ibid identity implementation indigenous individual institutions International Covenant international law legislation Linguistic Minorities minority groups minority languages minority nations minority protection minority rights missions monitoring national minorities NICA Northern Ireland NRMs ODIHR organisations OSCE OSCE's paragraph Parliamentary Assembly participating parties persons belonging preferential treatment principles problems protection of minority Protection of National recognised regional or minority relating relevant religion reports Rights of Persons role Romania self-determination Sinn Féin Slovak social supra territorial integrity Treaty Ukraine Ukrainian United Nations