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- Publisher
- Brill
- Copyright
- © 1999 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
- ISSN
- 0925-0972
- eISSN
- 1571-814X
- DOI
- 10.1163/157181499X00546
- Publisher site
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Abstract
Janus at Strasbourg: The Council of Europe between East and West André Liebich In this article I hope to throw some light on contemporary minority issues in Europe, East and West, by looking at the Council of Europe's experience in this domain. Stefan Troebst deals in detail with the Council's most important achievement in the area, the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities.' It has been described both in the press and by Council of Europe spokespersons as 'the first legally binding international document in the field of minority protection establishing a code of conduct for adhering states'. 2 The Framework Convention, opened for signature in February 1995, has by now been ratified by twenty-four states, twice as many as required for it to enter into force. Looking beyond the Framework Convention to the context in which it must operate, I propose to enumerate some of the difficulties and implications of the Council of Europe's involvement in minority issues since 1989. The principal point I should like to make is that by including minority problems in East Central and Eastern Europe within its purview, the Council of Europe has, in fact, radically transformed the minority question
Journal
Helsinki Monitor (in 2008 continued as Security and Human Rights) – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1999