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Book SynopsisThe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities: A Commentary, edited by Rainer Hofmann, Tove H. Malloy and Detlev Rein, presents an updated article-by-article assessment of the monitoring of the Convention’s implementation. The Convention was opened for signature in 1995 and entered into force on 1 February 1998. Within a very short period of time, it was ratified by 39 Council of Europe member states, and it constitutes the first (and only) international treaty establishing legally binding obligations concerning the rights of persons belonging to national minorities. In this volume, the monitoring of the Convention is assessed by eminent experts in the field of minority protection. They survey the scope of application as interpreted by the Advisory Committee during the first four cycles of monitoring by analyzing its approach and offering their individual assessments of potential improvements. The volume thus updates and augments previous assessments.
Trade Review"The volume is a valuable snapshot of the monitoring work of the ACFC and a respectful analysis of the FCNM through the prism of the interpretations given by the ACFC throughout twenty years of practice. (...) The aim of the editors “to support all stakeholders and beneficiaries in their work with the FCNM” (p. XI) has been certainly fulfilled, with the remark that the volume addresses rather advanced readers, who already have background knowledge about the FCNM and the ACFC approach to minority protection." Ljubica Djordjević, European Yearbook of Minority Issues, Volume 18 (2019).
Table of ContentsPreface Abbreviations in the Commentaries Part 1: General Articles Introduction Rainer Hofmann, Tove H. Malloy and Detlev Rein 1 Beyond Adhocism – Advancing Minority Rights through the United Nations Antti Korkeakivi 2 The protection of minority rights by the European Union: the European Citizens’ Initiative as a test case Gabriel N. Toggenburg Part 2: Commentaries article-by-article 3 Commentary of the Preamble of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Alan Phillips 4 Commentary of Article 1 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Rainer Hofmann 5 Commentary of Article 2 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Rainer Hofmann 6 Commentary of Article 3 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Stéphanie Marsal and Francesco Palermo 7 Commentary of Article 4 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Barbara Wilson 8 Commentary of Article 5 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Petra Roter 9 Commentary of Article 6 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Doris Angst 10 Commentary of Article 7 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Anna Fontaine 11 Commentary of Article 8 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Tove H. Malloy 12 Commentary of Article 9 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Günther Rautz and Mahulena Hofmann 13 Commentary of Article 10 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Rainer Hofmann 14 Commentary of Article 11 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Rainer Hofmann 15 Commentary of Article 12 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark 16 Commentary of Article 13 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Detlev Rein 17 Commentary of Article 14 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Brigitta Busch 18 Commentary of Article 15 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Tove H. Malloy 19 Commentary of Article 16 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Tove H. Malloy 20 Commentary of Articles 17 and 18 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Emma Lantschner 21 Commentary of Article 19 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Rainer Hofmann 22 Commentary of Articles 20, 21, 22 and 23 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Hans-Joachim Heintze 23 Commentary of Articles 24–26 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Detlev Rein 24 Commentary of Article 27 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Detlev Rein 25 Commentary of Article 28 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Detlev Rein 26 Commentary of Article 29 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Detlev Rein 27 Commentary of Article 30 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Detlev Rein 28 Commentary of Article 31 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Detlev Rein 29 Commentary of Article 32 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Detlev Rein Bibliography fcnm Commentary
