The article analyzes the development of system international legal universal and regional documents regulating status ethnic minorities, role, importance acts UN, UNESCO, International Labor Organization, OSCE, Commonwealth Independent States in this regard. As a result research, it has been justified that document “On rights persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious linguistic minorit...

1. What is the definition of ‘minorities’ and ‘indigenous peoples’? The term ‘minority’ as used in the United Nations human rights system refers to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities as laid out in the United Nations Declaration on the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities (General Assembly resolution 47/135 of 18 December 19...

raising the concept of ‘tyrany of the majority’ by federalists , alexi de tocqueville and john stuart mill in eighteenth and nineteenth centuries , they revealed a new form of tyrany which was uniqe for those who had experienced despotic regimes . with the critique of democracy baised on majority vote , the question of ethnic , religious and linguistic minorities , along with their rights and f...

This paper starts with the argument that, whether Language rights are considered as a part of Human Rights under various International Treaties & Conventions. If yes, then how far recognition is substantive in protecting Linguistic especially reference to Indigenous Tribal Minorities (ITM) communities across globe and case studies involving India. Further, this research examines protection or c...

Using the 2005–2007 American Community Survey, this paper analyzes the extent of geographical disparities in occupational segregation by race/ethnicity across the U.S. states. Our results show that there is a great geographical variation in segregation. A large part is driven by spatial disparities in workers’ characteristics, mainly due to differences in the distribution of ethnic/racial minor...

This study contributes with minority-centred perspectives to the policy trend of imposing majority language requirements on immigrants. With aim identify and explore (dis)connections value conflicts between policies national minority recognition immigrant integration, it develops applies four ideal types minority-linguistic integration regimes a mapping in 27 European Union (EU) member states. ...