Ethnic Minority Rights in Central and Eastern Europe

The Case of the Hungarian ‘Status Law

Bibliographic Data

ID7786199
AuthorsCristina Chiva (0000-0002-6588-0729, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume41
Issue3
Pages401-421
Publication date2006-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGovernment and Opposition (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0017-257X • E-ISSN: 1477-7053
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/j.1477-7053.2006.00181.x
OpenAlexW2035122422
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited8

The international controversy concerning the Hungarian ‘status law’ of 2001 attests to the vital importance of ethnic minority rights in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as within an enlarged European Union. The paper examines the unique challenges raised by the law from its initial adoption in June 2001 to its subsequent amendment in June 2003. It looks at the interaction between four principal kinds of actors: Hungary (a kin state legislating support for ethnic co- nationals in neighbouring countries), Romania and Slovakia (home states to sizeable Hungarian ethnic groups), the Hungarian minorities in Romania and Slovakia, and the European institutions that became involved in the dispute as mediators

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