Consecration and identity of national minorities rights protection in the conference for security and cooperation in europe - CSCE (organization for security and cooperation in europe - OSCE in december 1994)

• Author: Tudor Tanasescu
• Position: Faculty of Law, 'Bioterra' University of Bucharest, Romania
• Pages: 166-170

AGORA International Journal of Juridical Sciences, www.juridicaljournal.univagora.ro

ISSN 1843-570X, E-ISSN 2067-7677

No. 1 (2014), pp. 166-170

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CONSECRATION AND IDENTITY OF NATIONAL MINORITIES

RIGHTS PROTECTION IN THE CONFERENCE FOR SECURITY AND

COOPERATION IN EUROPE - CSCE (ORGANIZATION FOR

SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE

- OSCE IN DECEMBER 1994)

T. Tnsescu

Tudor Tnsescu

Faculty of Law, “Bioterra” University of Bucharest, Romania

*Correspondence: Tudor Tnsescu, 3 Pescruşului Street, Block B-24, Stair 3, 6th Floor,

Apartment 145, Sector 2, Bucharest, Romania

E-mail: tanasescutudor@yahoo.com

Abstract

Promotion and protection of European identity rights of persons belonging to national

minorities are part of human rights protection system developed universally under the United

Nations and, respectively, in the Regional Council of Europe, Organization for Security and

Cooperation in Europe and other European institutions. International instruments adopted by

the OSCE human dimension that is circumscribed, and are political in nature (so there are not

treated) contributed to a great extent, the development of catalog rights identity for people

who belong to national minorities, the evidence of evolution ordination mechanisms and

regulations and safeguarding the rights of the category listed and, last but not least, to outline

a programmatic directions and certain standards in this field. Documents to be examined, as

well as other regulatory and industry (universal or regional) that aim at protecting minoritie s

"does not authorize any activity that is contrary to fundamental principles of international

law, or other obligations under international law or provisions of the Helsinki Final Act, in

particular the principle of sovereignty and territorial integrity of states".

Keywords: High Commissioner on National Minorities, the standard identity

consecration and protection of national minorities, human dimension, persons belonging to

national minorities.

Introduction

Diversity concrete issues and political interests of states and the international

community in the consecration identity of national minorities rights protection that until now

did not adopt an international convention can be in this matter to the United Nations.

We hold attention on this line, as not all regional human rights documents do not contain

provisions aimed at national minorities. In this respect are significant regulations such as the

American Convention on Human Rights of 19691, the African Charter on Human and Peoples

of 19812 - which treats only the prohibition of mass expulsions for national groups, racial,

ethnic or religious, European Convention on Human Rights 19503, a document that requires

only association with a "national minority" as a reason for that discrimination is prohibited.

Although the issue of rights of persons belonging to national identity has its global

dimension, it has a special significance for Europe. Consequently, it concerns the subject of

1 It was signed on 22 November 1969 a t San Jose (Costa Rica), and came into force in 1978. Corrected by 26

member states of the 35 OSA.

2 Came into force in 1986.

3 It was adopted in Rome on 4 Novem ber 1950 and came into force on 3 September 1953. Romania has rectified

the Convention by Law No. 30 of 18.05.1994, published in Official Gazette no.135 of 31.05.1994.