| Report from conference on protection of minorities |
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The director of the Peace Institute, Sia Spiliopulou Åkermark, participated on the 9th and 10th October in an international conference arranged by the Council of Europe. The aim of the conference was to assess the protection of national minorities ten years after the entry into force of the first binding international treaty on this subject: the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. The conference was held under the theme “Enhancing the impact of the Framework Convention: past experience, present achievements and future challenges” The report The impact of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities in selected countries of Western Europe after two monitoring cycles presented by Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark at the conference can be downloaded here. More information on the conference can be found here. |