Protection of the rights of national minorities

The domestic and international normative framework ensures and guarantees the protection of the rights of national minorities, starting with the Fundamental Law of the country, continuing with various normative acts adopted in the field and ending with the international protection systems. Among the most important systems of protection of the rights of national minorities we mention the UN, the Council of Europe, C.S.C.E/O.S.C.E. and the EU. The issue of national minorities presents a complex specificity: we encounter, on the one hand, the tendency to separate from the majority by cultivating, developing and promoting a common language within the minority, a distinctive culture, a certain religion, its own traditions and other elements of community, and, on the other hand, the tendency to integrate within the majority.