Non-Discrimination and Equality in the Right of Political Participation for Minorities
Publisher: Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe Volume: 21 pages, pdf Description: There is no general obligation for the state to introduce democracy in international law. Democracy is though an implicit requirement for signatories of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966), and in Europe there is a clear commitment by all states to democratic forms of government. The form of democracy that emerges from the human rights instrument is liberal in character, in that democracy is defined and structured within the limits established by individual human rights norms. In a liberal democracy, the individual is of central concern.