Recognition, Non-recognition, and Misrecognition of Minority Communities. What Lessons Can Be Drawn from a

In the most recent of Denmark´s State Reports concerning the implementation of the FCNM (Fifth monitoring cycle; date of reception: 2 April 2019) the view concerning the unique status of the German national minority is reiterated, this time by pointing to the perception of the notion of national minority by the Danish government (importantly, there is no definition of national minority in Danish l. [...] Crucially, further in the text a practical implication of the rigid approach of Polish authorities to the scope of application of the FCNM is mentioned: in the 2011 national census, almost 850,000 persons declared Silesian identity (primarily in Opole and Silesian Voivodeships located in the southern part of the country bordering Czech Republic; until the aftermath of the World War II substantial. [...] Unlike the Assembly of People in Kazakhstan, the body in Kyrgyzstan has a limited scope of competences and acts mainly as a consultative and coordinating body aiming to strengthen the unity of the people of Kyrgyzstan, albeit it operates in apparently more democratic context (The Decree of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic on the Status of the Assembly of People of Kyrgyzstan, p. [...] Article 4, on the other hand, stipulates that the existence of the state language on the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic does not prevent the use of other languages, while expressing the commitment to the principle of free development of languages of other nationalities, living on its territory. [...] of the Law of the Republic of Tajikistan on the State Language of the Republic of Tajikistan and article 7.2 of the Law of the Republic of Tajikistan on Education), hampered access (if any) to decision-making and state positions.