RAINBOW was fortunate to participate in Minority Rights Group's latest training seminar and would like to acknowledge the important contributions made by both Minority Rights Group and the OSCE in the area of human rights.

We respectfully ask the Government of Greece to expedite the Council of Europe's Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minoritites which it signed a few years ago. The Convention has languished in the Greek parliament since that time and remains unratified to this day.

Below is an outline of the material covered at the seminar:

Overview of the International System for Minority Rights Protection and Focus on the Content of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities.

Process Orientation Introduction to Council of Europe: Overall structure; relevant instruments and procedures; enforcement mechanisms (ECHR, ECRI).

Overview of International System for the Protection of Minority Rights.

Application of International Minority Rights Instruments at the Domestic Level.

Monitoring Mechanism of FCNM, and NGO Opportunities for Input. Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities - Analysis of the Monitoring Mechanism.

The Role of NGOs - Ideas for using Council of Europe mechanisms to address specific minority rights problems.

How to prepare effective materials for consideration by international bodies monitoring compliance with international human rights instruments.

Developing an Advocacy Campaign Strategy.

top of page

Watch Our Streaming Video Archive

Click here to read the Abecedar NOW!

Experimental web radio of Vinozhito - Rainbow
...click to listen...

Promotion of the Macedonian Language Primer at the OSCE HDIM

(European Free Alliance) Map showing the Cultures and Languages in the E.U.

Council of Europe
Framework Convention
for the Protection of National Minorities

Συμβούλιο της Ευρώπης
Σύμβαση Πλαίσιο για τηv
Προστασία των Εθνικών Μειονοτήτων

English

Greek

Macedonian