Protection of national minorities: Council of Europe monitoring body publishes report on Austria

Strasbourg, 20.12.2011 – The Council of Europe Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities today published its Third Opinion on Austria, and the government’s Comments.

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The Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities provides for a monitoring system whereby the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers, assisted by the Advisory Committee, composed of independent experts, evaluates the implementation of the convention.

For more information, http://www.coe.int/minorities