The Limits of Pluralism – Recent Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights with Regard to Minorities: Does the Prohibition of Discrimination Add Anything?
Publisher: Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe Volume: 25 pages, pdf Description: Since the mid-1990s, the European Court of Human Rights has had before it a numbe r of cases concerning the situation of minorities under Article 14 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Right – which aims to secure the enjoyment of rights and freedoms without discrimination inter alia on grounds of association with a national minority. At present, the number of similar cases pending before the Court is growing. Through an examination of cases concerning mainly the nexus between Article 11 and Article 14 as well as Article 8 and Article 14, this article seeks to identify a number of problematic aspects of the jurisprudence of the Court.