COUNCIL OF EUROPE AND THE PROTECTION OF NATIONAL MINORITIES
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15837/aijjs.v7i2.508Keywords:
minority protection, minimum standards, universal rules, regional regulations, ethnic autonomy criterion, identity rightsAbstract
European protection of national minorities and the rights of persons belonging totheir identity is part of human rights protection system developed at the universal level under
the United Nation respectively regionally in the Council of Europe and other European
institutions. Examined the international legal framework (adopted in the Council of Europe),
as in the field and others with official regulations (universal or regional) that concern
protection of minorities, “does not authorize any activity that is contrary to fundamental
principles of international law, especially that of sovereignty, territorial integrity and
political independence of states”.
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