Minority protection in German-Polish relations
- 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.
| Author details: | Andreas KulickORCiDGND |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.24425/PYIL.2022.142339 |
| ISSN: | 0554-498X |
| Title of parent work (English): | Polish Yearbook of International Law |
| Subtitle (English): | historical influence and current relevance |
| Publisher: | Agencja Scholar |
| Place of publishing: | Warszawa |
| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first publication: | 2021 |
| Publication year: | 2021 |
| Release date: | 2023/11/21 |
| Tag: | 1991 Polish-German Treaty; Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities; inter-war period; minorities |
| Volume: | 41 |
| Issue: | 41 |
| Number of pages: | 17 |
| First page: | 63 |
| Last Page: | 79 |
| Organizational units: | Juristische Fakultät / Öffentliches Recht |
| DDC classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 34 Recht / 340 Recht |
| Peer review: | Nicht referiert |
