TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kulick, Andreas
T1  - Minority protection in German-Polish relations
BT  - historical influence and current relevance
JF  - Polish Yearbook of International Law
N2  - The anniversaries of the 1970 Warsaw and the 1990 2+4 Treaties give occasion to revisit the matter of minority protection in German-Polish relations. The interwar system established a problematic unevenness that tainted its acceptance, particularly from the Polish perspective. After 1990 the minority issues achieved an increased, albeit moderate, relevance in German-Polish relations. To some extent the 1991 Polish-German Treaty on Good Neighbourly Relations and Friendly Co-operation retains the unevenness of the inter-war period, as Art. 20(1) recognizes a German minority in Poland, but refuses to acknowledge a Polish minority in Germany. However, currently the thorniest issues concern various situations related to the “Silesians” in Poland, which the Polish government does not recognize as a protected minority under the European Council Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities.
KW  - minorities
KW  - inter-war period
KW  - 1991 Polish-German Treaty
KW  - Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
Y1  - 2021
U6  - https://doi.org/10.24425/PYIL.2022.142339
SN  - 0554-498X
VL  - 41
IS  - 41
SP  - 63
EP  - 79
PB  - Agencja Scholar
CY  - Warszawa
ER  -