Framework Convention to protect national minorities is 20 years old today

Twenty years ago today (1st February 1998), the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM) came into force.

An important treaty, it was the mechanism through which the Cornish achieved formal governmental recognition as a national minority in 2014.

It is certainly the case that, over the last two decades, the Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (ACFC) has done a significant amount of work to advise on the implementation of the FCNM and to give visibility to national minorities.

For more information, see:
Council of Europe celebrates 20 years of Framework Convention

This includes a link to a report on the Framework Convention, both looking back over the last 20 years and ahead to what the future may hold.