ECMI Publications

Working Papers:

#41: Oleh Protsyk, Marius Matichescu and Baptiste Chatre

Representational Consequences of Special Mechanisms for Ethnic Minority
Inclusion: Evidence from Romania

Issue Briefs:

#17: Oleh Protsyk and Konstantin Sachariew:
Ethnic Data Collection: The Case of the Civil Service in Eastern Europe.

Flensburg: European Centre for Minority Issues, 2008.

Recommendations:

Towards Effective Participation of Minorities. Proposals of the international expert ECMI Seminar 'Towards Effective Participation of Minorities', 30 April to 2 May 1999

Legal Resources:

D. Christopher Decker:

Status of National Minorities Legal Digest: A Thematic Look at Five National Laws (2005)

A legal digest compiled by D. Christopher Decker focusing on the laws affording rights to minorities of Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Serbia-Montenegro and Ukraine can be found here.

Further Political Participation Project Publications:

Oleh Protsyk, Igor Bucataru, and Andrei Valentin:
Party Competition in Moldova: Ideology, Organization and Approaches to Ethno-Territorial Conflicts
(Chisinau: Moldova State University, 2008)
Click here for table of contents in English and full text in Romanian and Russian

Summary

Party competition is one of the key elements of representative democracy. This study examines some of the key dimensions of party competition which are critical for understanding the political process in new democracies. We are primarily concerned with exploring the following three issues. First, the extent to which the ideological and policy appeals of political parties constitute a primary mechanism for linking individual parties with their electorate. Second, the nature and importance of various policy and ideological divides that exist in the party system. Third, the variation in forms of internal organization and party building strategies  employed by individual parties.

The book  pays special attention to expert community positions and party differences on minority-related issues and approaches towards the settlement of ethno-territorial conflicts in Moldova.

Reports:

#3: María Amor Martín Estébanez and Kinga Gál:
ECMI International Conference 'Implementing the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities,' Flensburg, 12 to 14 June 1998.  Flensburg: European Centre for Minority Issues, 1999.

External Publications:

Verstichel, Annelies (2004). Elaborating a Catalogue of Best Practices of Effective Participation of Minorities: Review of the Opinions of The Advisory Committee Regarding Article 15 of the Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. In: EURAC/ECMI (eds.) European Yearbook of Minority Issues, vol. 2 2002/2003. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.

Weller, Marc (2003). [Rapporteur], Enhancing Effective Participation of Minorities in Economic, Social and Cultural Life and in Public Affairs. In: Filling the Frame: 5th Anniversary of the Entry into Force of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, 30/31 October 2003. Council of Europe Publishing.

Weller, Marc (2005).  'Article 15', in: Marc Weller (ed.), The Rights of Minorities. A Commentary on the European Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. Oxford University Press.

Weller, Marc (2006). Committee of Experts on Issues Relating to the Protection of National Minorities (DH-MIN). DH-Min Handbook on Minority Consultative Mechanisms. DH-MIN (2006)012.

Weller, Marc (2007). 'Effective Participation of Minorities in Public Life', in Marc Weller (ed.) Universal Minority Rights. A Commentary on the Jurisprudence of International Courts and Treaty Bodies. Oxford University Press.