The Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities A Useful Pan-European Instrument?

by Lemmens, Paul; Alen, André; Witte, Bruno De; Verstichel, Annelies

• ISBN13: 9789050956437
• ISBN10: 9050956432
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-03-13
• Publisher: Intersentia

Summary

This book offers a critical evaluation of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and gives to the point answers on current questions. Can the framework convention become a pan-European document, given the non-ratification by some states, such as Belgium, France, Greece and Turkey? Furthermore, what is the added value of the Framework Convention compared to other international minority monitoring mechanism?

Author Biography

Contributions by Annelies Verstichel, Antti Korkeakivi, Asbjørn Eide, Bruno De Witte, Dilek Kurban, Francesco Palermo, Jan Clement, Joseph Marko, Julie Ringelheim, Kristin Henrard, Krzysztof Drzewicki, Olivier De Schutter, Pieter van Dijk, Rainer Hofmann and Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark.

Table of Contents

Exploring a Central Pillar of the European Minority Rights System	p. 1
Towards a Pan-European Instrument?	p. 5
Constitutional Recognition of Ethnic Difference - Towards an Emerging European Minimum Standard?	p. 19
Minority Protection and Constitutional Recognition of Difference. Reflections on the Diversity of European Approaches	p. 33
Territoriality Versus Personality	p. 51
The Added Value of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (I)	p. 69
The Added Value of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (II). The Two Pillars of an Adequate System of Minority Protection Revisited	p. 91
Substantive Challenges to the Protection of Religious Freedom Under the Framework Convention	p. 119
Personal Scope of Application: An Open, Inclusive and Dynamic Approach - The FCNM as a Living Instrument	p. 127
Implementation of the FCNM: Substantive Challenges	p. 159
Domestic Enforcement and Direct Effect of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. On the Judicial Implementation of the (Soft?) Law of Integration	p. 187
The Framework Convention as a Pan-European Instrument. A Perspective of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities	p. 215
The Framework Convention on the Protection of National Minorities and the Law of the European Union	p. 231
A Pan-European Interpretation and Application of the Framework Convention. Statement at the International Conference on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities: A Useful Pan-European Instrument?	p. 273
Challenging the Question Mark: The Framework Convention as an Increasingly Useful Pan-European Tool	p. 277
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