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This paper discusses the international legal dimension to Kymlicka's theory of ethnocultural diversity and the prospects for achieving consensus on a stronger set of justice-based international norms on minority rights. Besides addressing specific human rights issues on their own terms, the author argues that the impact of Western experiences in addressing minority questions, while of considerable importance to locally-generated minority protection strategies in the East, may prove more limited in generating a credible set of generally-binding regimes rooted in considerations of justice than is expected. Minority rights standards, it is contended, have so far been perceived - by both East and West -primarily as security tools. This raises not only the problem of how best to strengthen minority rights as part of human rights law, but also the need to clarify the ultimate vision of minority rights law itself. (ECMI)

This is the second in the ECMI-Council of Europe Handbook series on minority issues. The book offers a comprehensive and critical overview of the political and legal mechanisms that are available at both the European and international levels for the implementation of minority rights standards. Separate chapters cover the United Nations treaty monitoring bodies; the proceedings before the International Court of Justice, the Council of Europe's treaties and mechanisms, the OSCE political commitments and mechanisms, and the European Union contribution to the protection of minorities and the prevention of discrimination. In each chapter, the authors discuss prospects for the future and provide useful guidance for minority rights practitioners. (Council of Europe, ECMI)