Are Minority Rights (Still) Human Rights?

Miodrag Jovanovic is Full Professor of Law at the University of Belgrade, Serbia.Ana Zdravkovic is Research Assistant at Institute of Comparative Law, Serbia.

• Foreword, Patrick Thornberry (Keele University, UK)Preface – On Principles and Realities, Tibor Várady (Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts)Are Minority Rights (Still) Human Rights? An Introduction, Miodrag Jovanovic and Ana Zdravkovic (University of Belgrade, Serbia) Part I: Minority Rights as Human Rights – Views from Theory and Practice 1. Special Rights and Obligations: Why Minority Rights Need Institutional Frameworks, Tove H Malloy (Europa-Universität Flensburg, Germany)2. Minority Rights as Human Rights? Concepts, Doctrine, and Practice, Miodrag Jovanovic and Ivana Krstic (University of Belgrade, Serbia)Part II: Institutional Setting of Minority Rights Protection3. The Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and the Northern Ireland Peace Process, Elizabeth Craig (University of Sussex, UK)4. 25 Years of Implementation of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, Vesna Crnic-Grotic (University of Rijeka, Croatia)5. Human Rights, Including Rights of Persons Belonging to Minorities, in the External Action of the European Union, Julia Szelivanov (European Union External Action Service, Belgium)Part III: Spectrum of Minority Rights Protection6. ‘Battling’ Nations and Minorities’ Fundamental Educational Rights Before the ECtHR: Valiullina’s Promises and Missed Opportunities, Kristin Henrard (Brussels School of Governance, Belgium)7. Minorities’ Participation in Public Affairs: A Human Rights Norm or a Conflict Prevention Technique? Milica V Matijevic and Ana Kneževic Bojovic (Institute of Comparative Law, Serbia)8. Assessing Non-Territorial Autonomy to Protect Minorities in the Digital Age and Digital Minorities, Antoni Abat i Ninet (Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain)Part IV: Society, Culture, Diversity: Old and New Minorities9. New Minorities as a New Frontier for Minority Rights Regimes: The Case of Non-EU Citizens in the Context of EU Member States, Roberta Medda-Windischer and Katharina Crepaz (European Academy of Bolzano, Italy)10. Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and the European Courts: A Category under Construction, Jessika Eichler (Sciences Po Paris, France)11. Anthropological Theory, Stakeholder Inclusion and Minority Rights: Reflections on the Research and Safeguarding of Serbian Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Western Balkans, Miloš Milenkovic (University of Belgrade, Serbia)