The Lund Recommendations on the Effective Participation of National Minorities in Public Life
A set of recommendations from the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) on the effective participation of national minorities in public life. Based on the experience of the OSCE HCNM and the advice of internationally recognized experts, these recommendations seek to provide guidance to OSCE participating States on how best to ensure the participation of national minorities within their States.
The recommendations cover general principles; participation in decision-making, including arrangements at the central, regional and local levels, elections, and advisory and consultative bodies; self-governance, covering territorial and non-territorial arrangements; and guarantees, including constitutional and legal safeguards, and remedies. The recommendations are accompanied by a set of explanatory notes.
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