The Right to Self-Determination and an Adequate System of Minority Protection

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 254-272
Author(s):  
Parvathi Menon

The legitimacy of secessionist movements has emerged as an important debate, while the protection of minorities within a democracy has become merely of peripheral interest to international law. My project suggests that the advent of universalized (minority) rights re-conceptualized the majority-minority relationship and its balance, reducing the possibilities of political processes to balance the relationship. What was construed as a redress for dichotomous relationships between the oppressor and the oppressed through (the right to) self-determination, became a discourse between minority (identity) rights and a democratic entitlement, post-colonially. These norms universalized a demand to rethink minority protection, no longer from the perspective of advantaged and disadvantaged; rather, to introduce perspectives of individuals polarized around a personal characteristic in their identity thus establishing/reinforcing the inferiority of their identity within the hierarchy.


2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derya Bayir

Within international law, the concept of self-determination has evolved over the years so as to reveal an external dimension, often associated with secession, and an internal dimension, entailing participatory democracy, minority protection in the context of pluralist co-existence within the territories of a state. An examination of the interpretation of self-determination by the Constitutional Court in Turkey shows, however, that the Court has statically endorsed the former, conservative viewpoint, which reinforces Turkey's militantly nationalist, democracy. This article explains the development of the right of self-determination in international law and examines the Turkish Constitutional Court's case law in that light. In a study of the case law on party closures in Turkey, it evaluates the extent to which the Constitutional Court's archaic and anti-democratic interpretation has created a legality undermining the ethno-cultural and political demands for the rights of Kurds in Turkey.Tirkiye, Kurd û derbenda zagonî ya mafê biryardana çarenûsDi nav dorbenda zagona navnetewî da konsepta mafê biryardana çarenûs piştî gelek salan guheriye. Ev guherîn ji aliyekî ve rehendeka derveyî eşkere dike ku bi cudaxwaziyê ve têkildar e; ji aliyê din ve jî rehendeka hindirîn eşkere dike ku vê yekê rê daye demokrasiya beşdar û parastina kêmaniyan di konteksta pevrejiyaneka piranîgir/pluralîst di nav sînorên dewletê da. Lê belê, hûrnêrîneka li şîrovekirina mafê biryardana çarenûs ji layê Dadgeha Qanûna Bingehîn li Tirkiyeyê nîşan dide ku vê dadgehê herdem nêrîna pêşîn ya kevneparêz pesend kiriye ku vê jî rê daye xurtkirina demokrasiyeka neteweperest a mîlîtan. Ev gotar geşebûna mafê biryardana çarenûs di zagona navnetewî da rave dike û bi vê rêkê hewl dide ku dozeka Dadgeha Qanûna Bingehîn a Tirkan vekole. Bi xebateka li ser dozeka zagonî derbareyê girtina partiyan li Tirkiyeyê, ev gotar dinirxîne bê ta çi astî şîroveyên Dadgeha Zagonî yên kevneparêz û dij-demokratîk têgihiştineka qanûnî ava kiriye ku peşkê li daxwazên etno-çandî yên Kurdên li Tirkiyeyê dixe.  تورکیا، کورد، و ڕەهێلە یاساییەکانی ماف و مافی چارەی خۆنووسین لە یاسای نێونەتەوەیی دا، چەمکی مافی چارەی خۆنووسین کە بە درێژایی ساڵان لە گەشەکردن دابووە، لایەنێکی دەرەکی هەیە کە گەلێک جاران لە پەیوەندی لە گەڵ دابڕان و جودایی خۆازی باسی لێکراوە، ولایەنێکی نێوخۆیی کە گوزارە لە دیموکراسی بەشداربووانە و پاراستنی کەمینە لە زەمینەی ژیانی هاوبەشی پلوڕالیستی لە نێو خاکی دەوڵەتێک دا دەکات. پێداچوونەوەیەکی دادگای یاسای بنەڕەتی تورکیا لە سەر خویندنەوەی مافی چارەی خۆنووسین، هەر ڕێگا بە هەمان بۆچوونی کۆنەپارێزانە دەدات کە لە ڕاستی دیموکراسی ناسیۆنالیسمی میلیتان بە هێزدەکات. ئەم نووسراوەیە باس لە گەشەکردنی مافی چارەی خۆنووسین لە یاسای نێونەتەوەیی دا دەکات و هەر لەم پەیوەندییە دا تیشک دەخاتە سەر دادگای یاسای بنەرەتی تورکیا و هەڵس و کەوتی لەم کەیسە یاساییە تایبەتە دا. لیکولینەوەیەک کە لە سەر کەیسی یاسا لە پەیوەندی بە داخستنی پارتە سیاسییەکان لە تورکیا ئەنجام دراوە، نیشانی دەدات کە هەتا چ رادەیەک خویندنەوەی کۆن و دژە دیمۆکراتیکی دادگای یاسای بنەڕەتی تورکیا، بۆتە هۆکاری لەباربردن و بنهڵۆل کردنی زەمینەی یاسایی داواکارییە کولتوری، ئیتنیکی و سیاسییەکانی کورد لە تورکیا. وشە سەرەکییەکان: مافی چارەی خۆنووسین، کورد، دادگای یاسای بنەرەتی تورکیا، ئۆتۆنۆمی، دیمۆکراسی


Crisis ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrée Fortin ◽  
Sylvie Lapierre ◽  
Jacques Baillargeon ◽  
Réal Labelle ◽  
Micheline Dubé ◽  
...  

The right to self-determination is central to the current debate on rational suicide in old age. The goal of this exploratory study was to assess the presence of self-determination in suicidal institutionalized elderly persons. Eleven elderly persons with serious suicidal ideations were matched according to age, sex, and civil status with 11 nonsuicidal persons. The results indicated that suicidal persons did not differ from nonsuicidal persons in level of self-determination. There was, however, a significant difference between groups on the social subscale. Suicidal elderly persons did not seem to take others into account when making a decision or taking action. The results are discussed from a suicide-prevention perspective.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-20
Author(s):  
Inna Yeung

Choice of profession is a social phenomenon that every person has to face in life. Numerous studies convince us that not only the well-being of a person depends on the chosen work, but also his attitude to himself and life in general, therefore, the right and timely professional choice is very important. Research about factors of career self-determination of students of higher education institutions in Ukraine shows that self-determination is an important factor in the socialization of young person, and the factors that determine students' career choices become an actual problem of nowadays. The present study involved full-time and part-time students of Institute of Philology and Mass Communications of Open International University of Human Development "Ukraine" in order to examine the factors of career self-determination of students of higher education institutions (N=189). Diagnostic factors of career self-determination of students studying in the third and fourth year were carried out using the author's questionnaire. Processing of obtained data was carried out using the Excel 2010 program; factorial and comparative analysis were applied. Results of the study showed that initial stage of career self-determination falls down on the third and fourth studying year at the university, when an image of future career and career orientations begin to form. At the same time, the content of career self-determination in this period is contradictory and uncertain, therefore, the implementation of pedagogical support of this process among students is effective.


2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-120
Author(s):  
Yousef M. Aljamal ◽  
Philipp O. Amour

There are some 700,000 Latin Americans of Palestinian origin, living in fourteen countries of South America. In particular, Palestinian diaspora communities have a considerable presence in Chile, Honduras, and El Salvador. Many members of these communities belong to the professional middle classes, a situation which enables them to play a prominent role in the political and economic life of their countries. The article explores the evolving attitudes of Latin American Palestinians towards the issue of Palestinian statehood. It shows the growing involvement of these communities in Palestinian affairs and their contribution in recent years towards the wide recognition of Palestinian rights — including the right to self-determination and statehood — in Latin America. But the political views of members of these communities also differ considerably about the form and substance of a Palestinian statehood and on the issue of a two-states versus one-state solution.


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