Author: Federica Prina / Publishing Institution: European Centre for Minority Issues

Author:: Sabrina Colombo, Federica Prina, Alkistis Zavakou, and Fulvia Ghirardi
Publication Date:: 11-2013
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: European Centre for Minority Issues
Abstract:: References to 'intercultural dialogue' are not uncommon in international documents. In particular, Article 6(1) of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (hereinafter FCNM) reads: The Parties shall encourage a spirit of tolerance and intercultural dialogue and take effective measures to promote mutual respect and understanding and co - operation among all persons living on their territory, irrespective of those persons' ethnic, cultural, linguistic or religious identity, in particular in the fields of education, culture and the media.
Topic:: Regional Cooperation, Mass Media, and Minorities
Political Geography:: Europe

Author:: Federica Prina
Publication Date:: 09-2012
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: European Centre for Minority Issues
Abstract:: Indicators to measure the performance of international human rights treaties are increasingly a requirement in the assessment of the impact of legal standards. In the case of national minority standards, the Council of Europe's Secretariat of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM) began its work on indicators in 2008. A study to theorize and conceptualize political indicators describing the performance of the FCNM was produced in the areas of legal and political adaptation of provisions in the states parties to the instrument. The study concluded that further efforts should be made to encompass performance indicators assessing the direct impact of the FCNM on the lives of persons belonging to national minorities. Meanwhile, there has been no parallel process by the Council of Europe to compile indicators of impact for its other legally binding instrument that is of special relevance to national minorities: the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (the Charter). This paper provides a preliminary conceptual framework for the development of indicators to measure the impact of the Charter in the states parties to the instrument, using a policy-to-outcome approach.
Topic:: International Law, Governance, and Minorities
Political Geography:: Europe

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