NTA and International Minority Rights

Abstract

This chapter offers an overview on how is NTA reflected in international documents on minority rights and how can NTA fit in the international minority rights regime. First the relation of human rights and minority rights is explained in international law, then the following section analyses how individual and group rights approaches can be reconciled in this regard. Since most international documents on minority rights remain silent on autonomy, minorities’ right to participation in public life may create the link between minority rights and non-territorial autonomy. Against this background the final section analyses the international documents that mention minority autonomy in this context and points to the conclusion that minority autonomy, both territorial and non-territorial autonomy may be useful to secure minority participation in public life as it is guaranteed by international norms on minority rights.