Németh, Zsolt and Szesztay, Ádám (2021) Minority Rights in the Slipstream of Geopolitics. HUNGARIAN JOURNAL OF MINORITY STUDIES, 4 (1). pp. 73-91. ISSN 2560-080X
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Abstract
The essay summarizes how geopolitical considerations affected the development of international protection of ethnic minority rights since the foundation of the UN until today. The obligation of states to protect ethnic minorities derives from the values of the Charter of the United Nations. Minority rights played important role in the rivalry and also in the cooperation of opposing parties in the cold war, but the end of communist dictatorships gave also moral impetus to the development of minority law. A significant recent outcome of the European level minority protection is that the European Court of Justice, in connection to a citizens’ initiative, has acknowladged: it is an EU competence to legislate and implement laws concerning minority rights within its own jurisdiction.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | J Political Science / politológia > JC Political theory / politikaelmélet, államtudomány > JC312 Ethnic minorities / kisebbségkutatás, nemzetiségi kérdés J Political Science / politológia > JZ International relations / nemzetközi kapcsolatok, világpolitika |
| SWORD Depositor: | MTMT SWORD |
| Depositing User: | MTMT SWORD |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Jul 2026 10:01 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Jul 2026 10:01 |
| URI: | https://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/241662 |
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