'Participation', 'Representation' and 'Autonomy' in the Lund Recommendations and their Reflections in the Supervision of the FCNM and Several Human Rights Conventions

Henrard, K.A.M.

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“…12 In Russia, for example, the introduction of NTA (in the shape of national cultural autonomy) engendered concerns that it would cause the undoing of the country's TA mechanisms (ethnic federalism). 13 On this, see inter alia Henrard (2005), Verstichel (2008), and Weller and Nobbs (2010).…”

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Nonterritorial Autonomy and Minority (Dis)Empowerment: Past, Present, and Future

Prina

2020

Nationalities Papers

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This review article outlines the literature on nonterritorial autonomy (NTA) from the renewed interest in the concept in the mid-2000s until today. First, the article provides a brief overview of the meaning of NTA and the rationale behind it, highlighting how, in academic literature, NTA oscillates between positions that treat it as an attractive option and a highly impractical system (difficult to realize in practice or even pin down conceptually). Second, the article looks at trends in the existing literature, which has approached NTA with various emphases: the functions it fulfils (or has fulfilled); its (at times) supplementary role vis-à-vis territorial autonomy; and the dynamics that have led to its introduction in some countries, with attendant implications. Third, the article outlines some of NTA’s complexities, suggesting future areas of research, with reference to the interaction of territoriality and nonterritoriality, collective rights and participation, and potentially negative consequences of NTA regimes.

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Nonterritorial Autonomy and Minority (Dis)Empowerment: Past, Present, and Future

Prina

2020

Nationalities Papers

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“…53 In Southern Region, the membership of the zonal and special woreda councils comprises both directly elected members as well as the members of the State Council elected from constituencies within the relevant zone or special woreda. 58 An assured mechanism for minority representation pertains to the role of the nationality zones and administrations in the appointment of judges within their territorial circumscription. 55 Since the nationality councils make their decisions by majority vote, effective participation of the titular ethnic minority is therefore similarly guaranteed.…”

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Federalism, Local Government and Minority Protection in Ethiopia: Opportunities and Challenges

Beken¹

2014

J. Afr. law

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Federalism is increasingly promoted and utilized in multi-ethnic countries as a means to guarantee minority rights and safeguard the harmony and integrity of the polity and state. Yet, due to the unfeasibility of achieving a perfect overlap between ethnic and territorial boundaries, every ethnic-based territory will contain ethnic minority groups. This is also the case in the Ethiopian Federation where all nine regions are ethnically heterogeneous, albeit to different degrees. This article investigates how Ethiopia's regions are approaching their minority groups by analysing the relevant regional constitutions and laws. The analysis shows that the main minority protection mechanism is the establishment of ethnic-based local governments. Although this device is not without merit as far as minority protection is concerned, the impracticality of achieving ethnically homogeneous territories is its major limitation. The article therefore concludes by recommending a number of complementary legal instruments striving for more comprehensive minority protection.

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“…Members of the national minorities have the guaranteed rights to undertake various activities of which the following are examples: to form cultural institutions with the aim to promote and protect their identity; to practice their traditions and culture; to use their mother tongue within limits determined by law; and to publish and communicate in their language. 40 The Ingrian Finish community was the first to obtain cultural autonomy in 2005. The second community to take up autonomy was the Swedish.…”

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“…"Cultural autonomy in Estonia -bane or boon for indigenous cultural survival" 21 January 2010 EESTI EDU http://www.eesti.ca/?op= article& artic leid =26937&lang=en 39 a2(2) of the Act on Cultural Minorities. 40 a4 of the Act on Cultural Minorities. autonomy, it is entitled to establish structures by which decisions of government can be made and administered about its culture, language, religion and traditions.…”

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Protecting Minorities on a Non-Territorial Basis—Recent International Developments

Villiers¹

2012

BLR

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The protection of minorities by way of non-territorial arrangements, also called cultural autonomy, is receiving increased attention in theory and practice. While federalism and decentralisation often afford indirect protection of minorities on a territorial basis-be it by way of autonomy to state or local governments-Dispersed minorities often fall through the territorial "cracks". Cultural autonomy can potentially play a vital role to grant protection to minorities that do not have a territorial base of their own. This article, which reflects on recent international developments to protect minorities by way of non-territorial arrangements, shows how the theory and practice of cultural autonomy have gained legitimacy in countries such as Estonia, Slovenia, Kosovo and Finland. Finally, potential lessons are identified for potential application in other emerging democracies.

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'Participation', 'Representation' and 'Autonomy' in the Lund Recommendations and their Reflections in the Supervision of the FCNM and Several Human Rights Conventions

Cited by 10 publications

References 2 publications

Nonterritorial Autonomy and Minority (Dis)Empowerment: Past, Present, and Future

Nonterritorial Autonomy and Minority (Dis)Empowerment: Past, Present, and Future

Federalism, Local Government and Minority Protection in Ethiopia: Opportunities and Challenges

Protecting Minorities on a Non-Territorial Basis—Recent International Developments

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