Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities

Provisions on positive discrimination recur in art. 4 (2) (3) Phillips, A (2002) The Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities A Policy Analysis, MuMnity Rights Group International, London. 

Para. 1 Explanatory Report to the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (1995) As published in Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities - Collected Texts, 4th ed.. Council of Europe, 2007, pp. 17-35, Strasbourg. 

For example the Danish restriction of the FC to the German minority in Southern Jutland. See Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (2000) Opinion on Denmark CoE Doc. ACFC/INF/OP/I(2001)005, p. 1 and Committee of Ministers (2005) Resolution on the Implementation of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities by Denmark CoE Doc. Res CMN(2005)9, p. 2. 

Declarations regarding the applicability of the FC contain both minority with and without kin-states. Slovenia recognizes only the kin-state minorities of Hungarians and Itahans. Germany also recognizes the Sorbs who do not have a kin-state. Similarly, Sweden applies the FC to both groups of minorities. See the respective declarations as published in Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (2000) Draft Protocol to the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (on the Interpretation of the Convention) CoE Doc. CM Doc. CM(2000)133 rev., pp. 64-69. 

Council of Europe, European Treaties, ETS No. 157 (Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, Strasbourg, 1.11.1995), http //www.coe.fr/eng/legaltxt/157e.htm. 

A document similar to the European Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities could be introduced and implemented. 

As I discussed in earlier chapters, the European Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities lays a foundation for the protection of the individual members of national minorities against discrimination and for the maintenance of... 

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