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• Minorities: Directorate General of Human Rights
  This website provides general information about the work of the Directorate General of Human Rights on the protection of national minorities

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• Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (1995)

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  • Text of the Framework Convention in Russian translation

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  • Explanatory report

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  • Signatures and ratifications

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  • Declarations and reservations

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  • Resolution (97) 10: Rules adopted by the Committee of ministers on the monitoring arrangements under Articles 24 to 26

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  • Members of the Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities

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  Documents related to monitoring and evaluation of implementation of the Framework Convention by state parties
  
  
  • Reports submitted by state parties and NGOs pursuant to Art.25 of the Framework Convention

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  • Opinions adopted by the Advisory Committee and comments of the governments

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  • Resolutions adopted by the Comittee of Ministers

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  Analyses, comments and recommendations on implementation of the Framework Convention

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• European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (1992)

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  • Explanatory report

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  • Signatures and ratifications

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  • Declarations and reservations

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  • Application of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. Biennial reports by the Secretary General to the Parliamentary Assembly.
    • 11 September 2002, Doc. 9540

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    • 18 October 2000, Doc. 8879

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• European Convention on Nationality, 1997

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• Relevant judgments of the European Court of Human Rights

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• Adopted texts of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)

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• Selected reports to PACE

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• Selected documents of the Committee of Ministers

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• Relevant Motions for Recommendations

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• European Commission against Racism and Intolerance website

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• European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission)
  and its documents on minority rights, including, inter alia,
  
  
  • Report on the preferential treatment of national minorities by their kin-state

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  • 29/2/1996 Opinion of the Venice Commission on the interpretation of Article 11 of the draft protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights appended to Recommendation 1201 (1993)

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  • 1-2/3/1996 Opinion of the Venice Commission on the provisions of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages which should be accepted by all Contracting States

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• Roma and Travellers

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