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Ombudsman Institutions and Ethnic Conflict in Russia and Ukraine: A Failure of Local Institution-building?

Ombudsman Institutions and Ethnic Conflict in Russia and Ukraine: A Failure of Local... Bill Bowring * I. Introduction Both the Russian Federation and its neighbour Ukraine have their fair share of ethnic conflicts, or, at any rate, the makings of them. In Russia, the second Chechen War is still reaping a shocking harvest of death and destruction,1 while in Ukraine the problems of the Crimean Tatars have, on many occasions, threatened to escalate into violent conflict.2 This article explores the following paradox. Since the collapse of the USSR, both Russia and Ukraine have been experimenting with ombudsman institutions. Indeed, Russia can be said to have experienced a flowering of such bodies at both the national and regional level. Yet, the homegrown ombudsmen ­ with the controversial exception of Sergei Kovalyov ­ have played only a minor role in providing an effective response to problems concerning minorities. Instead, the most important intervention for Ukraine * Professor of Human Rights and International Law, London Metropolitan University. Prof. Bowring is also Director of the Human Rights and Social Justice Research Institute and Academic Coordinator of the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC) at LondonMet. He is an Executive Committee member of the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales, and frequently acts as http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png European Yearbook of Minority Issues Online Brill

Ombudsman Institutions and Ethnic Conflict in Russia and Ukraine: A Failure of Local Institution-building?

European Yearbook of Minority Issues Online , Volume 4 (1): 269 – Jan 1, 2004

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Brill
Copyright
Copyright 2006 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
1570-7865
eISSN
2211-6117
DOI
10.1163/22116117-90000013
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Abstract

Bill Bowring * I. Introduction Both the Russian Federation and its neighbour Ukraine have their fair share of ethnic conflicts, or, at any rate, the makings of them. In Russia, the second Chechen War is still reaping a shocking harvest of death and destruction,1 while in Ukraine the problems of the Crimean Tatars have, on many occasions, threatened to escalate into violent conflict.2 This article explores the following paradox. Since the collapse of the USSR, both Russia and Ukraine have been experimenting with ombudsman institutions. Indeed, Russia can be said to have experienced a flowering of such bodies at both the national and regional level. Yet, the homegrown ombudsmen ­ with the controversial exception of Sergei Kovalyov ­ have played only a minor role in providing an effective response to problems concerning minorities. Instead, the most important intervention for Ukraine * Professor of Human Rights and International Law, London Metropolitan University. Prof. Bowring is also Director of the Human Rights and Social Justice Research Institute and Academic Coordinator of the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC) at LondonMet. He is an Executive Committee member of the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales, and frequently acts as

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European Yearbook of Minority Issues OnlineBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2004

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