NÁRODNOSTNÍ OTÁZKA Z POHLEDU VÝVOJE MEZINÁRODNÍ OCHRANY NÁRODNOSTNÍCH MENŠIN

On the national level the Constitutional Act No. 144/1968 which regulated the status of nationalities in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic was certainly a unique legislative action in the field of minority rights. It guaranteed certain minority rights at least to four explicitly mentioned nationalities. The aim of this paper is to describe briefly the development of the protection of national minorities after World War II until the end of the 1960s from an international perspective. We believe that with a view to this context the specific national models may be better evaluated.