New Roma Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Positive, Negative or Indifferent?
2005; RELX Group (Netherlands); Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
1556-5068
Autores Tópico(s)Minority Rights and Languages
ResumoOn 31 March 2003, the Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina passed minority rights legislation. This article reviews its main provisions and critically asks: To what extent does this law meet international and European standards? How effective will this law be in addressing the socio-economic and political crisis facing the Roma minority today? Apart from granting minority status to the Roma, a right they had enjoyed under the 1974 Yugoslav Constitution, this article concludes that the new law offers little by way of additional protections beyond those already available, albeit unutilised, under the Dayton Peace Agreement and the State and Entity Constitutions. It further notes that the limited nature of minority rights legislation to cultural, linguistic and religious rights means that it fails to address many of the critical issues facing the Roma today, such as illiteracy, poverty, widespread discrimination and prejudice, and political disenfranchisement.
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