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Cantonalisation
The concept of cantons is linked to Switzerland. The cantons were originally independent political-administrative units; they formed alliances with each other as early as the Middle Ages. It was only...Author: Halász Iván
Capacity building diaspora policy
Capacity building diaspora policy is one of the main types of Alan Gamlen’s three-component typology of diaspora engagement policy. The other two types are the policy of extending rights to...Author: Gazsó Dániel
Central European Initiative’s (CEI) minority initiative
The Central European Initiative (CEI) aims to support the European integration efforts of the countries of Central and South-Eastern Europe. Due to its regional character it adopted the Instrument for...Author: Vizi Balázs
Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
In the early 1990s the protection of Union’s fundamental rights at Community or EU level came to the fore. In addition to the jurisprudence of the European Court of Justice...Author: Szalayné Sándor Erzsébet
collective guilt
collective guilt is the principle formulated after the Second World War that the German people as a whole were responsible for the war and that, consequently, the people as a...Author: Bárdi Nándor
collective rights
Belonging to a nationality/an ethnic group is a fundamental right that applies to individuals and communities alike and must always be interpreted in conjunction with the principle of equal rights...Author: Szalayné Sándor Erzsébet
Committee on National Cohesion
In the Hungarian Parliament issues concerning Hungarians living beyond the border were previously discussed in the Committee on Foreign Affairs (between 2006 and 2010 in the Committee on Foreign Affairs...Author: Kántor Zoltán
Compatriots
Co-nationals, members of autochthonous communities (kin-minorities) or other diaspora members living abroad. Their legal status is usually regulated by a separate law, based on the national responsibility clause, of the...Author: Halász Iván
concept of minority
The existence of groups with identities different from the majority of a state’s population – as minorities – obviously only expresses a relative numerical relationship between these two groups in...Author: Vizi Balázs
Consociational democracy
A form of power sharing that enables politically or ethnically heterogeneous societies to function democratically by overcoming the centrifugal forces through attitudes and behaviours of cooperation among leaders from different...Author: Manzinger Krisztián
constitutional regulation on the relationship with Hungarians beyond the borders
During the democratic changes of 1989-90 the need to address the situation of Hungarians living beyond the borders, the question of national responsibility and the demand that the kin-state regulates...Author: Gyurcsík Iván
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and its Committee
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is an international treaty adopted in 1979 within the framework of the →United Nations, which aims to...Author: Nagy Noémi
Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Committee
The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is an international treaty adopted in 1989 within the framework of the →United Nations, which aims to protect the rights of...Author: Nagy Noémi
Council of Europe – membership criteria
The Statute of the Council of Europe (Articles 3 and 4) lays down the political–legal (rule of law, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms) and geographical conditions for membership,...Author: Gyurcsík Iván
cross-border cooperation
The need for cooperation between regions next to state borders can be traced back to two reasons. Border regions are often peripheral areas with cumulative disadvantages, while in Europe, where...Author: Baller Barbara
cross-border reunification
A cross-border reunification is the concept of uniting Hungarians living in neighbouring states and in the diaspora without border modification, strengthening the sense of belonging of dispersed Hungarians, and institutionalising...Author: Kántor Zoltán
CSCE/OSCE documents
The Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE, since 1994: Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, OSCE) adopted the Helsinki Final Act in 1975, which enshrined the prohibition...Author: Vizi Balázs
cultural rights
cultural rights – together with economic and social rights – appeared in democratic constitutions in the first third of the twentieth century. A common feature of so-called second-generation rights is...Author: Szalayné Sándor Erzsébet
cultural, religious and linguistic diversity
cultural, religious and linguistic diversity is one of the fundamental characteristics of developed societies. Its emergence is usually the result of complex demographic, economic and technological developments which bring about...Author: Szalayné Sándor Erzsébet