Der Europäische Minderheitenbegriff Entwicklung und wirkung. Teil II
| Author | Affiliation |
|---|---|
Künnecke, Arndt |
Mykolo Romerio universitetas |
| Date |
|---|
2013 |
Europoje neegzistuoja visuotinai pripažįstamos tautinių mažumų koncepcijos. Šio tyrimo pirmoje dalyje (publikuota šiuose mokslo darbuose, 2013, 20(4) analizuota mažumų koncepcijos formavimosi JT, UNESCO ir ESBO dokumentuose raida. Antroje šio tyrimo dalyje analizuojami specifiniai mažumų koncepcijos kriterijai, suformuoti su mažumų teisių apsauga susijusiuose Europos Tarybos ir Europos Sąjungos dokumentuose, kuriuos mažumų grupės Europoje turi atitikti, kad galėtų naudotis minėtų teisės aktų teikiama apsauga.
(2) non-dominant position, (3) distinctive ethnic, religious or linguistic characteristics, (4) citizenship of the country of residence and (5) explicitly made known sense of affiliation and solidarity. This means concretely that a minority can only be (1) a group of persons being numerically smaller than the rest of the population, (2) which may not have a dominant position in the state in the form of a sole right to make decisions, (3) which at least has to show a specific ethnic, religious or linguistic characteristic distinguishing them from the rest of the population, (4) members of which have to be citizens of their country of residence and (5) who have declared their membership and solidarity with their group of people. These five criteria have to be fulfilled cumulatively in order to be able to qualify a group of people as “minority”.