Kisebbségvédelem, XI. (2025)

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    A nemzetiségek alkotmányos helyzete a Jugoszláv Szocialista Szövetségi Köztársaságban 1974 és 1990 között. Tanulságok ötven év távlatából
    (Károli Gáspár Református Egyetem, 2025) Korhecz Tamás
    This study explores the constitutional status of nationalities in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1974 to 1990, focusing particularly on the federal level, and on Serbia and its autonomous provinces. The primary research question investigates how the 1974 constitutional framework addressed the protection and equality of non-Slavic nationalities within the socialist, multiethnic state. Employ ing a legal-dogmatic and comparative methodology, the study analyses the minority rights provisions across four constitutions (Yugoslavia, Serbia, Vojvodina, and Kosovo) and compares them to Serbia’s 2006 constitutional framework. The findings reveal that while the 1974 system guaranteed extensive collective and individual rights—especially in Vojvodina and Kosovo—these rights were only partially implement ed. Structural decentralisation enabled localised protection, yet political resistance, particularly from the Serbian majority, and lack of consensus within the ruling Communist Party, ultimately undermined the system. The study concludes that Yugoslavia’s minority protection model, though normatively advanced, lacked the sociopolitical cohe sion needed for long-term stability. The research offers critical insights into federal and multicultural constitutional design, emphasising the necessity of broad political support and administrative commitment for effective minority protection, a lesson still highly relevant in con temporary multinational states.