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ECMI Activities Update No. 4, April 2000-November 2000


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ECMI Activities Update No. 4, April 2000-November 2000



ECMI Activities Update No. 4,
April 2000 - November 2000
 
Dear Subscriber,

Welcome to the fourth issue of the ECMI Activities Update, and thank
you for your interest.
 

TOPICS
 
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1. Activities
2. New ECMI Director
3. New Publications
4. Other publications by ECMI staff
5. New Electronic Journal JEMIE
6. Recent additions to the ECMI Library
7. Cooperation
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1. Activities
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Flensburg Recommendations on the Implementation of Policy Measures for
Regional or Minority Languages
http://www.ecmi.de/activities/charter_conference_recommendations.htm
 
The Situation of Sorbs in Lusatia
http://www.ecmi.de/press/pr2000-06-28-english.htm
 
Minority Congress 2000
http://www.ecmi.de/activities/minority_congress_2000_summary.htm
 
Joint DCHR/ECMI Seminar on Minority Policy and Legislation for Latvian
Naturalisation Board
http://www.ecmi.de/press/pr2000-10-13-english.htm
 
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2. New ECMI Director
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ECMI is delighted to welcome the new ECMI Director Marc Weller. His
main research interests lie in the area of international peace and
security, especially the management of inter-ethnic tension and
conflict by outside actors. His publications reflect this interest,
featuring edited books on the Gulf Crisis, the struggle for democracy
in Burma, the dissolution of Yugoslavia and the Kosovo crisis. His
writings also cover the United Nations and peace-support operations in
complex political circumstances.
http://www.ecmi.de/press/pr2000-05-02_english.htm
 
Mr. Weller has brought with him a strategic vision for the future of
ECMI, which can be seen in the ECMI Draft Strategy Document.
http://www.ecmi.de/about/draft_strategy_document.htm
 
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3. New Publications
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Please remember that all ECMI publications can be ordered and/or
downloaded downloaded directly from the ECMI web site at:
 
http://www.ecmi.de/publications/working_papers_reports.htm
 
Recent additions to the publications include:
 
ECMI Working Paper #7,
Jaerve, Priit:
Ethnic Democracy and Estonia: Applications of Smooha's Model.
Flensburg: European Centre for Minority Issues, July 2000, 41 pp.,
appendix.
 
ECMI Working Paper #8,
Farimah Daftary and Kinga Gal:
The new Slovak Language Law: Internal or External Politics? Flensburg:
European Centre for Minority Issues, September 2000, 62 pp.
 
ECMI Working Paper #9,
Daftary, Farimah:
Insular Autonomy: A Framework for Conflict Settlement? A Comparative
Study of Corsica and the Aaland Islands. Flensburg: European Centre
for Minority Issues, October 2000, ii, 71 pp., 1 map, appendix.
 
ECMI Working Paper #10
Grin, Francois:
Kalmykia: From Oblivion to Reassertion? Flensburg: European Centre for
Minority Issues, October 2000, ii, 32 pp., 1 map, appendix.
 
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4. Other publications by ECMI staff
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Gal, Kinga. "The Council of Europe Framework Convention for the
Protection of National Minorities and its Impact on Central and
Eastern Europe." Study prepared for the VI ICCEES World Congress,
Tampere, Finland. 29 July-3 August, 2000. 
Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe (JEMIE)
http://www.ecmi.de/publications/jemie/topic_area.htm
 
Grin, Francois. "Kalmykia, Victim of Stalinist Genocide: From Oblivion
to Reassertion." Journal of Genocide Research, forthcoming.
 
Grin, Francois. "English as Economic Value: Tools, Facts and
Fallacies." World Englishes, forthcoming.
 
Grin, Francois (with F. Vaillancourt). "On the financing of language
policies and distributive justice," in R. Phillipson (ed.) Rights to
Language: Equity, Power and Education. New York: Lawrence Erlbaum
Associates, 2000, p. 102-110.
 
Grin, Francois. "Language policy in multilingual Switzerland," in K.
Deprez and T. Du Plessis (eds.) Multilingualism in Government.
Pretoria: Van Schaik, p. 71-81.
 
Grin, Francois. "On the economics of diversity governance," in J.
Dacyl and C. Westen (eds.) Governance of Cultural Diversity.
Stockholm: Swedish National Commission for UNESCO & Centre for
Migration Studies, p. 355-378.
 
Jaerve, Priit. "Integration of Europe, Ethnic Minorities and State
Borders." Material for the presentation at the international
conference "Lake Peipsi Forum," November 11-12 1999, Tartu. Lake
Peipsi Quarterly. Newsletter of the Center for Transboundary
Cooperation, Winter 2000, pp. 7-8.
 
Weller, Marc. The Kosovo Conflict: Forced Displacement, the Conduct
and Termination of Hostilities and the Renewed Search for a
Settlement. (in 2 volumes) (International Documents and Analysis, Vol.
2) Cambridge: Documents & Analysis, forthcoming.
 
Weller, Marc. No Place to Hide: New Developments in the Exercise of
International Criminal Jurisdiction. (International Documents and
Analysis, Vol. 5) Cambridge: Documents & Analysis, forthcoming.
 
Weller, Marc. Of Angels and Warlords: International Peace-enforcement
in Somalia. (International Documents and Analysis, Vol. 6) Cambridge:
Documents & Analysis, forthcoming.
 
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5. New Electronic Journal JEMIE
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The ECMI Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe
(JEMIE) seeks to make available innovative scholarship, case studies,
reports and materials concerning majority-minority relations in
Europe. The Journal emphasizes research on ethnopolitical tensions and
new approaches to the management of conflict that may result.
 
http://www.ecmi.de/publications/jemie/topic_area.htm
 
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6. Recent additions to the ECMI Library
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Henrard, Kristin. Devising an Adequate System of Minority Protection.
Individual Human Rights, Minority Rights and the Right to
Self-Determination. (International Studies in Human Rights, Vol. 62).
The Hague, Boston, London: Martinus Nijhoff, 2000.
 
Summary:
 
As several recent developments have underscored, there is an urgent
need for an improved theoretical framework about how to accomodate in
the most appropriate way the population diversity within plural
states. The right to identity of minorities and the right to real,
substantive equality are both used to assess the existing standards
and jurisprudence and also to argue for additional rights of (members
of) minorities and/or a more beneficial interpretation of existing
rights.
 
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7. Cooperation
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The Consortium of Minority Resources (COMIR) is an Internet-based
cooperative project that aims at promoting the free flow of
information and dialogue in the field of ethnic relations,
multicultural politics and minority rights. COMIR has now received
initial seed funding for projects. However, COMIR is continuing to
make applications to various funding sources. Projects now underway
include a Database of Minority related National Legislation in
post-communist states of Central and Eastern Europe, the Minority
Research Guide, a user-friendly database comprising the minority
resources available on the COMIR member web sites, a substantive
analysis of the travaux preparatoire of the Council of Europe
Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, and a
program on Advocacy and Rights Training of Minority Activists for
representatives of minority communities from six countries of the
Southern Balkans.
 
http://www.ecmi.de/new/comir.htm
 

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