This book offers a critical evaluation by leading international experts of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and gives to-the-point answers on current questions.

The issue of reparation for victims of gross and systematic human rights violations has given rise to intense debates at the national and the international level. Discussions particularly arise in post-conflict situations characterised by serious violations of human rights, such as genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and other forms of injustice of the past. Crucial questions include: what harm inflicted to victims warrants reparat...

The European Court of Human Rights received tens of thousands of applications per year. The answer by the Member States of the Council of Europe to this dramatic development is Protocol No. 14 to the European Convention on Human Rights, signed on 13 May 2004.