The European Yearbook of Minority Issues provides a critical and timely review of contemporary developments in minority-majority relations in Europe. It combines analysis, commentary and documentation in relation to conflict management, international legal developments and domestic legislation affecting minorities in Europe.

Foreword; PART I: ARTICLES 1 A. General Articles Section: Shifts in the Multiple Justifi cations of Minority Protection Sia Spiliopoulou Akermark; Dismantling Segregating Education and the European Court of Human Rights. D.H. and Others vs. Czech Republic: Towards an Inclusive Education? Roberta Medda-Windischer; Minority Indicators: A New Era for the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Tove H. Malloy; Lawmaking in Traditional Romani Communities and International Human Rights Law and Norms: Case Study of the Real and Potential Role of the Romani Kris Claude Cahn; Post-Confl ict Developments and Decentralization in Macedonia Ivana Tomovska; Electoral Rules and the Representation of Ethnic Minorities in Post- Communist Democracies Daniel Bochsler; The Conflicting Path of Ethnic Diversity: Protesting Minorities in Europe Victor Cebotari; B Special Focus: Minority Rights and Conflict Minority Rights and Conflict: From Managing Conflict to Managing Diversity Tove H. Malloy; The Cooperation of International Organizations in the Ethnic Conflicts in the Former Yugoslavia Ugo Caruso; EU Conditionality and the Protection of Minorities in the Post- Communist Region Claire Gordon; ENP: An Adequate Instrument for Democratization and Conflict Management in the Caucasus? Benedikt Harzl; Rethinking Ethnicity, Religion, and Politics: The Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina Dino Abazovic; My Truth, Your Truth-Our Truth? The Role of History Teaching and Truth Commissions for Reconciliation in Former Yugoslavia Edith Marko-Stockl; Human and Minority Rights, Reconstruction and Reconciliation in the Process of State- and Nation-Building in the Western Balkans at the End of the Twentieth Century and in the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century (Some findings of the MIRICO Project) Mitja Zagar; C Special Focus: Participation: The Dual Meaning of Participation: The Advisory Committee's Commentary to Article 15 of the FCNM Francesco Palermo; Minority Consultative Mechanisms: Towards Best Practices Marc Weller; Representation and Identity: Th e Right of Persons Belonging to Minorities to Eff ective Participation in Public Affairs Annelies Verstichel; Accountability within Minority Political Participation Oleh Protsyk; PART II: REPORTS A International Developments:Review of the Monitoring Process of the Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Francoise Kempf; Developments in the Field of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages Vesna Crnic-Grotic; Recent Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights Concerning the Protection of Minorities Leto Cariolou; Minority Rights Questions Addressed by the Venice Commission in 2008 Pierre Garrone and Simona Granata Menghini; The Activities of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities: January 2008 to December 2008 Krzysztof Drzewicki and Vincent de Graaf; National Minorities in Interstate Relations: Turning Menace into Promise Natalie Sabanadze; Exploring the Fundament of a New Agent in the Field of Rights Protection: The F(undamental) R(ights) A(gency) in Vienna Gabriel N. Toggenburg; Promotion and Protection of Minority Rights by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Independent Expert on Minority Issues Ilona Klimova-Alexander; Minority and Indigenous Rights in UN Treaty Bodies Practice (2005-2009): Multicultural Challenges Alexandra Xanthaki; B National Developments Association with International Personality: Nagorno-Karabakh in Azerbaijan Tim Potier; Implementation of the Decentralization Process in Kosovo: Challenges and Perspectives Adrian Zeqiri, Virginia Stephens and Mi Zhou; Restrictive Legislation towards Numerically Small Religions in Slovakia: the Case of the Muslim Community Gabriel Piricky; Participation of National Minorities in Decision Making in Slovakia Kalman Petocz; The Reform of the Electoral System in Romania and the Representation of National Minorities in Parliament Monica Caluser; C Book Reviews: John Wrench, Diversity Management and Discrimination. Immigrants and Ethnic Minorities in the EU (Ashgate Publishing, 2007), isbn 978-0754648901 (hardback) Tim Dertwinkel; Settling Self-Determination Disputes. Complex Power-Sharing in Theory and Practice, Edited by Marc Weller and Barbara Metzger Christine Janssens and Karen Van Laethem; Peter A. Kraus, A Union of Diversity: Language, Identity and Polity Building in Europe (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2008), isbn 978-0-52185939-4 (hardback), isbn 978-0-521-67672-4 (paperback)Thomas Benedikter; Appendix: List of International Norms.