Autonómiák II.

Volume II of Autonomies is divided into four chapters.

The first chapter deals with the relationship between international law and autonomy. The first part of this chapter contains seven articles whose authors approach the issue of autonomy and national minority autonomy, as well as related theoretical and practical problems (in the world and in the Balkans), from different perspectives. The second part of the chapter contains relevant documents of the Council of Europe (CoE), namely the European Charter of Local Self-Government, Recommendation 1201 (1993), the opinion of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (the so-called Venice Commission) on Article 11 of the proposed Additional Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights, annexed to CoE Recommendation 1201 (1993), Recommendation 1492 (2000) on the rights of national minorities, and Recommendation 43 (1998) of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the CoE on territorial autonomy and national minorities.

The second chapter presents five different (functioning and no longer functioning) autonomy models from around the world, in the historical order of their development: the National Cultural Self-Government in Estonia, the establishment of the Trentino - South Tyrol region and the provinces of Trento and Bolzano in Italy, the history and present of Catalan autonomy in Spain, the autonomy of the Åland Islands belonging to the Republic of Finland, and the law on the special legal status of Gagauzia (Gagauz-Yeri) in the Republic of Moldova. In connection with the FR Yugoslavia, two important documents are included: the General Settlement Proposal of the Hague Yugoslavia Conference (from 1991) and the document entitled Serbia and Crna Gora by the chairmen of the London Yugoslavia Conference (from 1992).

The third chapter contains bilateral cooperation and minority protection documents of various levels and denominations between Hungary and six neighboring countries (Croatia, the Russian Federation, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine). (Hungary and Yugoslavia did not regulate the situation of minorities with such bilateral documents.)

The fourth chapter presents the internal legal regulations of Yugoslavia (Vojvodina, Kosovo, Sandžak, and Šumadija), Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine concerning autonomy and the protection of the rights and freedoms of national minorities.