Session

Social Sciences, Humanities and other sciences

Description

The problem of the protection of minorities was raised as an issue in the Treaty of Versailles, completed at the end of the war by the major Allied powers. The Allies had imposed certain obligations on the treatment of minorities to such states that had them in their territories. They also forecasted a trusted international organization with universal character, the League of Nations, the mission to ensure the protection of European minorities. Since the fall of the Berlin Wall and communist regimes, Europe was a eitness nationalism outbreak. Whole regions were covered with ethnic conflicts which were a serious threat to the stability and unity of Europe. Today, each in its field of responsibility, the OSCE, the Council of Europe, the European Union, are coordinating their efforts to develop a coherent system for the protection of national minorities. So, protection of minorities is an important factor for the stability and unity of Europe.

Western Balkan aspirant countries are a multi-ethnic society. The latest international analyses on guide us to the fact that some Western Balkan countries aspiring of becoming EU members, judging by the EC progress, lag in the implementation of the part of the Copenhagen political criteria that deals with respecting of minority rights. As it is well-known human rights and minorities remain an objective of the European Union in its foreign policy. European Union at the beginning of XXI century has been committed with multiple projects to stability and economic development in cooperation between the countries of the region.

The purpose of this paper is to address the institutional protection of minorities in international politics, to understand the protection of minorities will discuss the historical aspects of the protection of minorities. His paper will be analyzed and international Documents concerning the protection of minorities. Special attention will be paid to the policy of international institutions, including the EU in relation to the protection of minorities. The research was conducted analysis methods and relevant materials.

Keywords:

minority, the constitution, the law on minorities, the education law

Proceedings Editor

Edmond Hajrizi

ISBN

978-9951-437-47-9

First Page

83

Last Page

90

Location

Durres, Albania

Start Date

28-10-2016 9:00 AM

End Date

30-10-2016 5:00 PM

DOI

10.33107/ubt-ic.2016.38

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Protection of minorities in international politics

Durres, Albania

The problem of the protection of minorities was raised as an issue in the Treaty of Versailles, completed at the end of the war by the major Allied powers. The Allies had imposed certain obligations on the treatment of minorities to such states that had them in their territories. They also forecasted a trusted international organization with universal character, the League of Nations, the mission to ensure the protection of European minorities. Since the fall of the Berlin Wall and communist regimes, Europe was a eitness nationalism outbreak. Whole regions were covered with ethnic conflicts which were a serious threat to the stability and unity of Europe. Today, each in its field of responsibility, the OSCE, the Council of Europe, the European Union, are coordinating their efforts to develop a coherent system for the protection of national minorities. So, protection of minorities is an important factor for the stability and unity of Europe.

Western Balkan aspirant countries are a multi-ethnic society. The latest international analyses on guide us to the fact that some Western Balkan countries aspiring of becoming EU members, judging by the EC progress, lag in the implementation of the part of the Copenhagen political criteria that deals with respecting of minority rights. As it is well-known human rights and minorities remain an objective of the European Union in its foreign policy. European Union at the beginning of XXI century has been committed with multiple projects to stability and economic development in cooperation between the countries of the region.

The purpose of this paper is to address the institutional protection of minorities in international politics, to understand the protection of minorities will discuss the historical aspects of the protection of minorities. His paper will be analyzed and international Documents concerning the protection of minorities. Special attention will be paid to the policy of international institutions, including the EU in relation to the protection of minorities. The research was conducted analysis methods and relevant materials.