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dc.creatorJovanović, Miodrag
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-11T13:49:04Z
dc.date.available2024-03-11T13:49:04Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.identifier.issn0275-0392
dc.identifier.urihttps://ralf.ius.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/260
dc.description.abstractThis article argues that the widely justified and internationally promoted model of minority protection can only operate effectively by transcending the still dominant framework of individual rights and incorporating the concept of collective rights. In defending that position, this article will elucidate the main legal theoretical dilemmas of the concept of collective rights. Sustaining a coherent concept of collective rights requires recognition of the intrinsic, non-instrumental value of certain collective entities and of the fact that not all groupings are entitled to be moral and legal rights bearers. Legal criteria for defining collective rights can also be established, by distinguishing this notion from affirmative action measures, jointly exercised individual rights, and somewhat universal general legal norms. Furthermore, the lack of homogeneity within minority culture, religion, language, etc., could be legally overcome if bodies representing the interests of minorities are founded on the principles of voluntariness, electoral accountability, proportionality, and democracy. Ultimately, although this approach creates the possibility of conflicts between collective and individual rights, it can provide legal techniques for balancing the interests of individuals, respective collectives, and the state.en
dc.publisherJohns Hopkins Univ Press, Baltimore
dc.rightsrestrictedAccess
dc.sourceHuman Rights Quarterly
dc.titleRecognizing minority identities through collective rightsen
dc.typearticle
dc.rights.licenseARR
dc.citation.epage651
dc.citation.issue2
dc.citation.other27(2): 625-651
dc.citation.rankM21
dc.citation.spage625
dc.citation.volume27
dc.identifier.doi10.1353/hrq.2005.0019
dc.identifier.rcubconv_3438
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-20044374081
dc.identifier.wos000228983400008
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