Releasing minorities from the “nationalist trap”: from territorial to personal autonomy in a “multiple demoi europe”
Abstract
Although minority rights are already part of the European acquis, the protection of minorities as set forth in European national legislations still hinges upon the territorial paradigm. This ‘Westphalian model’ of minority protection is increasingly being questioned by the claims of “new minorities” (migrants) and traditional European non-territorial minorities (Roma). This article discusses Renner’s model of national cultural autonomy in the light of its first Ottoman application (Millet) and its current adaptation in the legal system of Middle-East Europe, as a potential instrument to overcome the ‘Western’ European ‘territorial trap’. By looking Eastward, Europe may adapt the Millet system to its specific exigencies, in order to create an inclusive supranational geo-political-legal space for effectively managing diversity and for including minority rights into the process of ‘integration through law”.
Received: 01 February 2012
Accepted: 17 April 2012
Published online: 15 April 2016
Downloads
The author grants to the Publisher the distribution, public communication, and reproduction rights of her/his work subject of publication in Deusto Journal of European Studies (DJES), whichever the media may be, including the permission to include it in the databases where this Journal is indexed and in the institutional repository of the Universidad de Deusto.
Upon its publication, the content of any Issue of Deusto Journal of European Studies (DJES) can be accessed, read, downloaded, copies, and distributed freely for non-commercial purposes and in accordance with any applicable copyright legislation.
The content of Deusto Journal of European Studies (DJES) can be subsequently published in other media or journals, as long as the author clearly indicates in the first footnote that the work was published in Deusto Journal of European Studies (DJES) for the first time, indicating the Issue number, year, pages, and DOI (if applicable). Any other use of its content in any medium or format, now known or developed in the future, requires prior written permission of the copyright holder.
The content of the work published in Deusto Journal of European Studies (DJES) is each author's sole responsibility. The authors assume the responsibility of obtaining all the necessary licenses for the reproduction in their manuscripts of any text, material or illustration coming from another author, institution or publication. The liabilities that may arise from complaints for publishing plagiarised articles are the sole responsibility of the author.
3.jpg)
2.jpg)
2.jpg)
2.jpg)
2.jpg)
2.jpg)
