Implementation of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities in Montenegro – Experiences and Challenges
Implementation of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities in Montenegro – Experiences and Challenges

Author(s): Danijela Vuković-Ćalasan
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Sociology, Inter-Ethnic Relations, Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Институт друштвених наука
Keywords: Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities; Montenegro; national minorities; Roma; minority rights
Summary/Abstract: In the period when Montenegro expects the Fourth Opinion of the Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, it is advisable to draw attention to some of the most important challenges faced by those responsible for the implementation of policies towards ethno-cultural minority communities and by the members of these communities themselves. Bearing in mind the most important conclusions and suggestions given in the Third Opinion on Montenegro of 2011, the paper will deal with some still current problems in the successful management of ethno-cultural pluralism in the context of Montenegro, a very important part of which is the successful application of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. A significant part of the Third Opinion on Montenegro refers to the problems and challenges faced by the members of the Roma and Egyptian ethno-cultural community. The status of Roma and Egyptians is still incomparably worse compared to the position of all other ethno-cultural communities in Montenegro. This fact requires additional efforts by all relevant political and social actors so that, finally, the members of the mentioned communities cease being outside the social and political arena, exposed to anti-Romaism, segregation and marginalisation in all dimensions of social integration.

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