Discussion based on cases decided under the Optional Protocol to the Convent, on the Human Rights Committee's general comments and consideration of periodic report by States parties. Focuses on Article 1: the right of all peoples to self determination; and Article 27: the protection afforded under the notions of 'culture' and 'minority'.
Presents an analytical tool that contains a series of criteria and related questions organized around five good governance principles that are based on work done by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).