Review article
BOLZANO/BOZEN RECOMMENDATIONS ON NATIONAL MINORITIES IN INTER-STATE RELATIONS: SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR CROATIA AND THE REGION
Antonija Petričušić
orcid.org/0000-0002-9826-1174
; Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The office of the High Commissioner on National Minorities, body of the
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, published at the end
of 2008 a set of recommendations dealing with the rights of national minorities
in inter-state relations. In this paper circumstances related to the origins
of Bolzano/Bozen Recommendations are analysed, subsequently the paper
presents the content of the Recommendations, and finally, the paper analyses
to what extent the Recommendations have been reflected in minority-related
legislation and policies of Croatia and several neighbouring countries.
Keywords
High Commissioner on National Minorities; South-eastern Europe; interethnic conflicts; stability; national minorities; good neighbouring relations; bilateral agreements; dual citizenship
Hrčak ID:
84670
URI
Publication date:
6.6.2012.
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