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Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE FRAMEWORK CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF NATIONAL MINORITIES Strasbourg, 13 May 2016 Working document Compilation of Opinions of the Advisory Committee relating to Article 3 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (3rd cycle) “Article 3 1. Every person belonging to a national minority shall have the right freely to choose to be treated or not to be treated as such and no disadvantage shall result from this choice or from the exercise of the rights which are connected to that choice. 2. Persons belonging to national minorities may exercise the rights and enjoy the freedoms flowing from the principles enshrined in the present framework Convention individually as well as in community with others.” Note: this document was produced as a working document only and does not contain footnotes. For publication purposes, please refer to the original opinions. Third cycle - Art 3 Table of contents 1. Albania Opinion adopted on 23 November 2011.......................................................4 2. Armenia Opinion adopted on 14 October 2010.........................................................7 3. Austria Opinion adopted on 28 June 2011...............................................................10 4. Azerbaijan Opinion adopted on 10 October 2012....................................................12 5. Bosnia and Herzegovina Opinion adopted on 7 March 2013 ..................................14 6. Bulgaria Opinion adopted on 11 February 2014......................................................19 7. Croatia Opinion adopted on 27 May 2010...............................................................23 8. Cyprus Opinion adopted on 19 March 2010............................................................26 9. Czech Republic Opinion adopted on 1 July 2011 .....................................................30 10. Denmark Opinion adopted on 31 March 2011 ........................................................32 11. Estonia Opinion adopted on 1 April 2011 ................................................................34 12. Finland Opinion adopted on 14 October 2010.........................................................37 13. Germany Opinion adopted on 27 May 2010 ...........................................................38 14. Hungary Opinion adopted on 18 March 2010 .........................................................40 15. Ireland Opinion adopted on 10 October 2012 .........................................................43 16. Italy Opinion adopted on 15 October 2010..............................................................46 17. Kosovo* Opinion adopted on 6 March 2013 ...........................................................51 18. Lithuania Opinion adopted on 28 November 2013..................................................53 19. Malta Opinion adopted on 11 October 2012 ...........................................................56 20. Moldova Opinion adopted on 26 June 2009............................................................57 21. Norway Opinion adopted on 30 June 2011..............................................................58 22. Poland Opinion adopted on 28 November 2013......................................................60 23. Portugal Opinion adopted on 4 December 2014......................................................63 24. Romania Opinion adopted on 21 March 2012.........................................................64 25. Russian Federation Opinion adopted on 24 November 2011 ..................................68 26. Serbia Opinion adopted on 28 November 2013.......................................................70 27. Slovak Republic Opinion adopted on 28 May 2010 .................................................75 28. Slovenia Opinion adopted on 31 March 2011 .........................................................77 29. Spain Opinion adopted on 22 March 2012 ..............................................................79 30. Sweden Opinion adopted on 23 May2012 ..............................................................82 31. Switzerland Opinion adopted on 5 March 2013 ......................................................83 32. “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” Opinion adopted on 30 March 201185 33. Ukraine Opinion adopted on 22 March 2012 ..........................................................88 34. United Kingdom Opinion adopted on 30 June 2011 ................................................90 As of 13 May 2016, the Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities had adopted a total of 36 opinions, of which 34 opinions on Article 3. * All reference to Kosovo, whether to the territory, institutions or population, in this text shall be understood in full compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo. 2 Third cycle - Art 3 NOTE Based on the information currently at its disposal, the Advisory Committee considers that implementation of certain articles does not give rise to any specific observations. This statement is not to be understood as signalling that adequate measures have now been taken and that efforts in this respect may be diminished or even halted. On the contrary, the nature of the obligations of the Framework Convention requires a sustained and continued effort by the authorities to respect the principles and achieve the goals of the Framework Convention. Furthermore, a certain state of affairs may be considered acceptable at one stage but that need not necessarily be so in further cycles of monitoring. It may also be the case that issues that appear at one stage of the monitoring to be of relatively minor concern prove over time to have been underestimated. 3 Third cycle - Art 3 1. ALBANIA OPINION ADOPTED ON 23 NOVEMBER 2011 Article 3 of the Framework Convention Personal scope of application of the Framework Convention Recommendation from the two previous cycles of monitoring In the previous cycles of monitoring, the Advisory Committee considered that the authorities should step up their dialogue with representatives of the Bosniac community and with Egyptians, with a view to meeting their needs for protection and applying the provisions of the Framework Convention to them. Present situation The Advisory Committee notes that there has been no change since the 2nd monitoring cycle in the position of the Albanian authorities concerning the scope of application of the Framework Convention. The authorities recognise two concepts of “national" and “ethno- linguistic” minorities, and according to this view, the essential difference between the two concepts is the existence of a “kin-State”, which is a necessary attribute of a “national” minority as compared to an “ethno-linguistic” minority. The Advisory Committee acknowledges the Albanian government’s assertion that this differentiation does not result in any discriminatory treatment for either of the two groups. As already acknowledged by the Advisory Committee in its previous Opinions, the authorities recognise as national minorities the Greek, Macedonian, Montenegrin and Serb national minorities. The Roma and the Aromanians/Vlachs are recognised as “ethno-linguistic” minorities. The requests of persons belonging to other groups, such as Egyptians and Bosniacs, who have expressed in the past their wish to be recognised as persons belonging to a national minority and to benefit from the protection of the Framework Convention, have not been examined by the Albanian authorities and their existence as distinct groups with specific identities has not been acknowledged. The Advisory Committee notes in this context that the adoption of a comprehensive law on national minorities is planned within the framework of the implementation of the National Plan for the implementation of the 2006 Stabilisation and Association Agreement between Albania and the European Union. The Advisory Committee considers that the adoption of such a law would fill the existing gap in the legal and institutional framework pertaining to national minorities in Albania and would help to clarify Albania’s policy towards its minorities in particular by establishing proper legal criteria required for recognition as a national minority. 4 Third cycle - Art 3 Recommendations The Advisory Committee urges the authorities to consider without further delay the adoption of a comprehensive law on national minorities to fill the existing gaps in legislative provisions and to clarify Albania’s policy towards its minorities. The Advisory Committee considers that the authorities, while taking into consideration both the subjective choice and the objective criteria relevant to a person’s identity, should favour a more flexible and open approach to the scope of application of the Framework Convention. It requests the authorities to examine, in consultation with those concerned, the possibility of including persons claiming Bosniac and Egyptian identities, in the application of the Framework Convention, in particular as regards their linguistic and cultural interests. The Advisory Committee also urges the authorities to review regularly the established criteria of eligibility for protection under the Framework Convention, as applied to requests from persons belonging to these groups, in order to ensure that these criteria do not have the effect of excluding people from the scope of application of this Convention in a way that is arbitrary or discriminatory, in particular as regards their linguistic
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