FUNDAMANTALS RIGHTS FOR THE PERSONS BELONGING TO MINORITIES AND ETHNIC GROUPS IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAV STATES
FUNDAMANTALS RIGHTS FOR THE PERSONS BELONGING TO MINORITIES AND ETHNIC GROUPS IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAV STATES

Summary/Abstract: In the current geopolitical context and the aspirations for autonomy / independence of several entities from different European countries (Catalonia, Basque Country, Scotland, Northern Ireland) or the Balkan region (Republika Srpska, Vojvodina, Sandzak), the issue of ethnic minority rights in the EU and Eastern Europe is of real interest to Romania. The issue of minority status has not become a secondary issue, but has expanded from the fundamental structure of the national-state system in case of the former Yugoslav republics and materialized through the creation of new independent states. The protection of minorities in the European Union is the object of policy at Member State level, each having its own practices, instruments, organs and legislation on minorities. Minorities are a constant concern at the level of the European Union, determined first and foremost by the enlargement of the Union in the ex-Yugoslav and ex-communist space, and secondly by the issue of immigrants within the Union.In March 2017, the Federation of National Minorities in Europe (FUEN / UDMR) launched the European Citizens’ Initiative Minority Safepack, which aims at adopting a legislative framework at the level of the European Parliament for the protection of national minorities, to be further implemented at the level of the EU Member States.

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