A Frame with Multiple Shapes: The UNMIK-CoE Agreement

Abstract

Despite the inter-organizational co-operative trends analyzed in this chapter, the intensity of the interaction among international mechanisms devoted to the protection of minority rights is still largely dependent, for its practical implementation, on the personal attitudes of the respective experts and mandate holders. Given this background, the conclusion of an official Agreement between United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and the Council of Europe (CoE) deserves higher attention as it stands for the achievement of the higher level of coherence. In this attempt, the constructive dialogue and participatory approach pursued by the Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention (ACFC), together with character of the FCNM, should be positively considered as being indicative of the elasticity and technicality that international mechanisms on minority rights should possess in order to better address the diversity of majority/ies-minority/ies relations at the country level. Keywords:ACFC; Council of Europe (CoE); FCNM; minority rights; UNMIK