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National Minority Rights and Democratic Political Community: Experience and Perspective of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 December 2019

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Stéphanie Marsal*
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Independent Consultant, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Abstract

This article examines the OSCE HCNM experience with regard to situations where cultural autonomy arrangements exist and discusses the potential contribution of such arrangements to managing ethnic diversity. It reviews some of the salient issues that have arisen with regard to the legal and political framework of these arrangements. This article highlights the importance for bodies of cultural autonomy to comply with good governance principles, including respect for diversity within minority groups and insists on a more inclusive approach to autonomy.

Keywords

OSCE HCNMminority rightsnonterritorial autonomycultural autonomyCentral EuropeEastern EuropeSoutheastern Europe

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Special Issue Article
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Nationalities Papers , Volume 48 , Special Issue 2: Special Issue on National Cultural Autonomy in Diverse Political Communities: Practices, Challenges, and Perspectives , March 2020 , pp. 267 - 272
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© Association for the Study of Nationalities 2019

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