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Are Minority Rights Still Human Rights?

Edited by: Miodrag Jovanovic, Ana Zdravkovic

ISBN13: 9781509984541
To be Published: February 2026
Publisher: Hart Publishing
Country of Publication: UK
Format: Hardback
Price: £90.00



Marking the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 25th anniversary of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, this book investigates to what extent minority rights can, or should, be treated as part of the human rights regime.

Internationally renowned experts, both scholars and practitioners, critically assess the current state of protection from different disciplinary perspectives. Key themes include the historical trajectory from the League of Nations to ICCPR Article 27, the “persons-belonging-to” formula, tensions between individual and collective protection, differences in normativity, and the absence of a universally binding definition of “minority,” with implications for non-derogability, enforcement, and sovereignty.

Designed for students, researchers, and practitioners of international human rights law, European human rights, and minority protection, the volume provides a multi-disciplinary map of doctrine and practice and a focused resource for courses in public international law, particularly human rights law, European law, and minority rights.

Subjects:
Human Rights and Civil Liberties
Contents:
Foreword, Patrick Thornberry (Keele University, UK)
Preface – On Principles and Realities, Tibor Várady (Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts)
Are Minority Rights (Still) Human Rights? An Introduction, Miodrag A Jovanovic and Ana M Zdravkovic (University of Belgrade, Serbia)

Part I: Minority Rights as Human Rights – Views from Theory and Practice
1. Special Rights and Obligations: Why Minority Rights Need Institutional Frameworks, Tove H Malloy (Europa-Universität Flensburg, Germany)
2. Minority Rights as Human Rights? Concepts, Doctrine, and Practice, Miodrag A Jovanovic and Ivana Krstic (University of Belgrade, Serbia)

Part II: Institutional Setting of Minority Rights Protection
3. The Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and the Northern Ireland Peace Process, Elizabeth Craig (University of Sussex, UK)
4.
25 Years of Implementation of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, Vesna Crnic-Grotic (University of Rijeka, Croatia)
5. Human Rights, Including Rights of Persons Belonging to Minorities, in the External Action of the European Union, Julia Szelivanov (European Union External Action Service, Belgium)

Part III: Spectrum of Minority Rights Protection
6. 'Battling' Nations and Minorities' Fundamental Educational Rights Before the ECtHR: Valiullina's Promises and Missed Opportunities, Kristin Henrard (Brussels School of Governance, Belgium)
7. Minorities' Participation in Public Affairs: A Human Rights Norm or a Conflict Prevention Technique? Milica V Matijevic and Ana Kneževic Bojovic (Institute of Comparative Law, Serbia)
8. Assessing Non-Territorial Autonomy to Protect Minorities in the Digital Age and Digital Minorities, Antoni Abat i Ninet (Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain)

Part IV: Society, Culture, Diversity: Old and New Minorities
9. New Minorities as a New Frontier for Minority Rights Regimes: The Case of Non-EU Citizens in the Context of EU Member States, Roberta Medda-Windischer and Katharina Crepaz (European Academy of Bolzano, Italy)
10. Indigenous Peoples' Rights and the European Courts: A Category Under Construction, Jessika Eichler (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Germany)
11. Anthropological Theory, Stakeholder Inclusion and Minority Rights - Reflections on the Research and Safeguarding of Serbian Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Western Balkans, Miloš Milenkovic (University of Belgrade, Serbia)