The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the Council of Europe, guided by the same values and with similar goals and sharing similar challenges, have co-operated to produce this compilation of texts addressing national minority issues.The vigorous endeavours of the OSCE and the Council of Europe to achieve a new peaceful European order after 1989 have resulted also in developing new instruments and strengthening their engagement in national minority issues, although this was not always enough to prevent wars and interethnic conflicts.The aim of this book is to highlight the standards developed for national minorities andto make them known to everyone, including civil society and the authorities directly concerned.
Foreword
by Rolf Ekeus and Terry Davis
Part One
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and the High Commissioner on National Minorities
I. General principles and minority rights commitments
1. Final Act of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe, Helsinki, 1975(extracts)
2. Concluding Document of Madrid, 1983 (extracts)
3. Concluding Document of Vienna, 1989 (extracts)
4. Document of the Copenhagen Meeting of the Conference on the Human Dimension of the CSCE, 1990 (extracts)
5. Charter of Paris for a New Europe, 1990 (extracts)
6. Report of the CSCE Meeting of Experts on National Minorities, Geneva, 1991 (extracts)
7. Document of the Moscow Meeting of the Conference on the Human Dimension of the CSCE, 1991 (extracts)
8. CSCE Helsinki Document: The Challenges of Change, 1992 (extracts)
9. Concluding Document of Budapest: Towards a Genuine Partnership in a New Era, 1994 (extracts)
10. Lisbon Document, 1996 (extracts)
11. Istanbul Document, 1999 (extracts)
12. Document of the Maastricht Ministerial Council, 2003 (extracts)
II. Mandate of the High Commissioner on National Minorities
1. CSCE Helsinki Document: The Challenges of Change, 1992 (extracts)
2. Document of the Stockholm Council, 1992 (extracts)
3. Document of the Rome Council, 1993 (extracts)
4. Document of the Bucharest Ministerial Council, 2001 (extracts)
5. Document of the Maastricht Ministerial Council, 2003 (extracts)
6. Document of the Sofia Ministerial Council, 2004 (extracts)
III. Thematic recommendations and guidelines of the High Commissioner on National Minorities
1. The Hague Recommendations Regarding the Education Rights of National Minorities, and Explanatory Note, 1996
2. The Oslo Recommendations Regarding the Linguistic Rights of National Minorities, and Explanatory Note, 1998
3. The Lund Recommendations on the Effective Participation of National Minorities, and Explanatory Note, 1999
4. The Guidelines on the Use of Minority Languages in the Broadcast Media, and Explanatory Note, 2003
5. Recommendations on Policing in Multi-Ethnic Societies and Explanatory Note, 2006
Part Two
The Council of Europe
I. General texts
1. Statute of the Council of Europe, 1949 (extracts)
2. 1st Summit of Heads of State and Government (Vienna, 8-9 October 1993) (extracts)
3. 2nd Summit of Heads of State and Government (Strasbourg, 10-11 October 1997) (extracts)
4. 3rd Summit of Heads of State and Government (Warsaw, 16-17 May 2005) (extracts)
II. Treaties relevant to the protection of national minorities
1. Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, as amended by Protocol No. 11, Rome 4 November 1950 (Articles 1-18)
2. Protocol No. 12 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, and Explanatory Report, 2000
3. Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings and Explanatory Report, 2005 (extracts)
4. Revised European Social Charter, 1996 (extracts)
III. Treaties devoted to minority issues
1. Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, and Explanatory Report, 1995
2. Resolution (97) 10 of the Committee of Ministers
3. Rules of Procedure of the Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
4. Reservations and declarations made with respect to the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
5. European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages and Explanatory Report, 1992
6. Rules of Procedure of the Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
7. Reservations and declarations to the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
8. Other texts relevant to the protection of national minorities
Appendix
Selected bibliography
