European Yearbook of Minority Issues: 2002-2003

Table of Contents......Page 6
Foreword......Page 10
PART I: ARTICLES......Page 12
A. General Articles Section......Page 14
The 'Transdniestrian Moldovan Republic': From Conflict-Driven State-Building to State-Driven Nation-Building......Page 16
The Role and Activities of the OSCE Mission to Moldova in the Process of Transdniestrian Conflict Resolution......Page 42
Minorities in New European Democracies: A Source of Destabilization?......Page 64
Roma Politics and Policy in Hungary 1999-2003......Page 84
Language Legislation and Language Rights in the United Kingdom......Page 106
Minorities as a Threat: A Historical Reconstruction of State-Minority Relations in Turkey......Page 138
Changing Concepts of Interest and the Annan Plan for Cyprus......Page 162
Elaborating A Catalogue of Best Practices of Effective Participation of National Minorities: Review of the Opinions of the Advisory Committee Regarding Article 15 of the Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities......Page 176
Reversing Ethnic and Cultural Cleansing: The Role of Annex 8 in Reclaiming History, Promoting Post-War Reconciliation and Preserving the Unique Cultural Heritage of Bosnia and Herzegovina......Page 208
Party System, Electoral Systems and Minority Representation in the Republic of Macedonia from 1990 to 2002......Page 238
Territorial Autonomy and European National Minorities: South Tyrol, the Basque Country and the Åland Islands......Page 258
The Baltic States before EU Accession: Recent Developments in Minority Protection......Page 294
B. Special Focus: Belgium......Page 318
Pacifying National Majorities in the Brussels Capital Region: What About the Immigrant Minority Groups?......Page 320
Personality versus Territoriality: Belgium and the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities......Page 342
The Application of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities in Belgium: The Opinion of the European Commission for Democracy through Law......Page 368
C. Special Focus: New Minorities......Page 374
The Rights of 'Old' versus 'New' Minorities......Page 376
Legal Indicators for Social Inclusion of New Minorities Generated by Immigration......Page 392
PART II: REPORTS......Page 408
A. International Developments......Page 410
Review of the Monitoring Process of the Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities......Page 412
Developments in the Field of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages......Page 446
The Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights......Page 456
The Protection of Minorities in the Activities of the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe......Page 482
The Activities of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities: June 2002 – June 2003......Page 486
Review of the 8th Session of the United Nations Working Group on Minorities......Page 504
The Jurisprudence of the United Nations Human Rights Committee and Other Treaty Monitoring Bodies......Page 518
The Jurisprudence of the American and African Regional Human Rights Bodies......Page 548
Protection of National Minorities through Bilateral Agreements......Page 590
B. National Developments......Page 616
Constitutional Law on the Rights of National Minorities in the Republic of Croatia......Page 618
Legal Status and Rights of Minorities in Serbia and Montenegro......Page 642
The New Bulgarian Religious Law: Restrictive and Discriminatory......Page 666
The Drafting of a Law against Discrimination on the Grounds of Racial or Ethnic Origin in Germany: Constraints in Constitutional and European Community Law......Page 686
The Ombudsperson Institution in Kosovo and the Protection of Minorities......Page 702
The War in Chechnya and Actions Taken by the Council of Europe......Page 716
List of International Norms......Page 726