Motion for an Order | Doc. 999 | 24 April 1959

Possibility of having added to the Convention on Human Rights a protocol guaranteeing the rights and privileges of national minorities

Rapporteur : Mr Karl CZERNETZ, Austria

The Assembly,

Having in mind the information already available regarding the position of national minorities in member countries ;

Considering it necessary that maximum protection should be afforded to such minorities,

Instructs the Legal Committee to study the possibility of having added to the Convention on Human Rights a protocol guaranteeing the rights and privileges of such minorities.