PITANJE ZAŠTITE NACIONALNIH MANJINA U KRALJEVINI SHS NA KONFERENСIJI MIRA U PARIZU 1919-1920
THE QUESTION OF NATIONAL MINORITY RIGHTS IN THE KINGDOM OF THE SERBS, CROATS, AND SLOVENES AT THE PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE 1919-1920
Author(s): Zoran JanjetovićSubject(s): History of Law, Political history, Nationalism Studies, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Institut za savremenu istoriju, Beograd
Keywords: Kingdom of Yugoslavia; minorities; national minority rights; Paris peace conference; interwar period;
Summary/Abstract: One of the changes brought on by the First World War was the protection of minority rights under the patronage of the League of Nations. This work deals with various aspects of minority rights protection in Yugoslavia and its attempts at evading obligations the allied countries wished to impose on newly-formed states. The author describes the unsuccessful resistance of the Yugoslav delegation to pressure on these points, their arguments, and their subsequent compliance. Yugoslavia was disinclined to accept obligations regarding minority rights because of its concerns for its sovereignty, its reluctance to protect the rights of minorities, and its efforts to obtain equal status for the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes in the European community.
Journal: Istorija 20. veka
- Issue Year: 2000
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 31-43
- Page Count: 13
- Language: Serbian