CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2018
| Author | Kiebzak, Weronika Paulina |
|---|---|
| Title | Protection of National and Linguistic Minorities in Unitary States: a Comparative Analysis of France and Poland in light of the Council of Europe's Convention |
| Summary | Although France and Poland are both unitary nation-states, they adopt quite contrasting approaches when it comes to the protection of national and linguistic minorities. This is best illustrated by the fact that Poland is a state party to the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and to the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, while France has not signed the former and refuses to ratify the latter. The purpose of this thesis is to discuss the reasons for such divergent approaches. To this end, it analyses the traditional underpinnings behind the concept of a unitary state in France and Poland. The thesis finds that the recognition of the existence of national and linguistic minorities is in principle incompatible with the traditional French republicanism, but, on the other hand, is consistent with the Polish constitutional tradition. Nevertheless, a comparative analysis of the systems of protection of chosen linguistic rights in light of the Council of Europe’s conventions demonstrates that in practice the difference between both countries is not as significant as it would seem. |
| Supervisor | Möschel, Mathias |
| Department | Legal Studies LLM |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2018/kiebzak_weronika.pdf |
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