(The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe)

1. In 2003, the Parliamentary Assembly debated the question of preferential treatment of national minorities by the kin-state in the light of the Hungarian law of 19 June 2001 concerning Hungarians living in neighbouring countries (“Magyars”). In Resolution 1335 (2003), the Assembly noted in connection with the Hungarian law, which defined the concept of “nation” in its preamble, that to date there was “no common European legal definition of the concept of ‘nation’”.

Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the European Council

 

The Congress,

Taking into account:

Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the European Council

Recommendation 43 (1998)1 on territorial autonomy and national minorities
The Congress,

on the protection of national minorities and languages within the framework of the European Union

- Summary -

1. The Parliamentary Assembly stresses the importance of the protection of persons belonging to national minorities as an integral part of the international protection of human rights in order to ensure equality, justice, stability, democratic security and peace in Europe.

1. The Parliamentary Assembly stresses the fundamental importance of the protection of persons belonging to national minorities, as an integral part of the international protection of human rights, for equality, justice, stability, democratic security and peace in Europe.

Origin - Assembly debate on 8 April 2014 (13th Sitting) (see Doc. 13445, report of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination, rapporteur: Mr Ferenc Kalmár). Text adopted by the Assembly on 8 April 2014 (13th Sitting).

Assembly debate on 8 April 2014 (13th Sitting) (see Doc. 13445, report of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination, rapporteur: Mr Ferenc Kalmár). Text adopted by the Assembly on 8 April 2014 (13th Sitting). See also Recommendation 2040 (2014).

United Nations A/HRC/13/25
General Assembly

Human Rights Council
Thirteenth session

GE.10-17814
Human Rights Council
Sixteenth session
Agenda item 3

A/RES/47/135
92nd plenary meeting
18 December 1992

  1. CE Congress Resolution 361 (2013) - Regions and territories with special status in Europe
  2. European Citizens' Initiative for the Equality of the Regions and Sustainability of the Regional Cultures
  3. Recommendation 1811/2007 of Council of Europe Wednesday, 03 October 2007
  4. RECOMMENDATION 1201 (1993) of Council of Europe Sunday, 31 January 1993

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