Review article

The United Nations and the Question of Minorities

Mirjana Domini ; Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Starting from the statement that the development of theory and practice pertaining to the rights of man in the context of contemporary socio-economic and political processes in the world presupposes equality for all and an equal right for everybody of enjoying the fundamental rights and freedoms of man irrespective of any particular group affiliation, the author discusses the presence of the minorities question in the work of the U. N. Introducing the reader to the manner in which the minorities question has been included in U. N. documents, she draws the conclusion that conditions have been created for a more progressive approach to the question of minorities at a global level, and that there is a realistic presupposition that an international document dedicated exclusively to minorities be adopted by the U. N. in the foreseeable future.

Keywords

United Nations; minorities; rights of man

Hrčak ID:

128491

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/128491

Publication date:

30.9.1987.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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