Changing the Leopard’s Spots: Reflections on the Fourth Thematic Commentary of the Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Cover Image

Fából vaskarika, avagy reflexiók a Kisebbségvédelmi keretegyezmény tanácsadó bizottságának ún. 4. tematikus kommentárjára vonatkozóan
Changing the Leopard’s Spots: Reflections on the Fourth Thematic Commentary of the Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities

Author(s): Norbert Tóth
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Social Sciences, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, International Law, Sociology, International relations/trade, Inter-Ethnic Relations, Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Nemzetpolitikai Kutatóintézet
Keywords: Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities;international law; commentary; minorities;language;

Summary/Abstract: The Advisory Committee on the 1995 Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (Framework Convention) adopted a thematic commentary on the scope of the Framework Convention on May 27, 2016. This was the fourth thematic commentary in a row, and as such, the committee relied on its experiences and observations made during the previous monitoring cycles. This text aims at analysing the thematic commentary in question by using strictly the methods for interpreting international treaties. By doing so and as a conclusion, this paper studies the gap between the text of the Framework Convention and the interpretation provided within the thematic commentary.

  • Issue Year: 2/2017
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 71-88
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Hungarian