Politics and National Minorities: a trade-off between security and justice? – Walter Kemp

Title: Politics and National Minorities: a trade-off between security and justice?
Author: Walter Kemp

Politics and National Minorities: a trade-off between security and justice? [Kemp]

Abstract

For twenty years, the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities has worked to prevent inter-ethnic conflict. While there are those that have argued that the High Commissioner has ‘securitized’ minority issues by putting too much emphasis on security rather than justice, the past 20 years of the High Commissioner have shown a track record characterised by conflict prevention and “desecuritization”.

Keywords

minority rights; desecuritization; OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities

Metadata

Title: Politics and National Minorities: a trade-off between security and justice?
Author: Walter Kemp
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/18750230-02404016
Language: English
Year: 2013
Volume: 24
Issue: 3–4
Pages: 298–306
In: Security and Human Rights
E-ISSN: 1875-0230