...Subcommission on Discrimination and Minorities defined a "minority" as: a group numerically smaller than the rest of the population of a state, in a nondominant position, whose members-being citizens of the state-possess ethnic, religious, or linguistic characteristics, differing...

...factors is a relatively stable element in attempts at definition. Capotorti's is typical, describing a minority as: A group numerically inferior to the rest of the population of the State, in a nondominant position, whose members - being nationals of the State - possess ethnic,...

...Prevention of Discrimination and the Protection of Minorities" of the Commission on Human Rights. It read : "A group numerically inferior to the rest of the population...possess ethnic, religious or linguistic characteristics different from those of the rest of the population and show, if only implicitly, a sense of solidarity,...

...purposes of Article 27 of the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (CCPR) may also be borne in mind: A group numerically inferior to the rest of the population...whose members - being nationals of the State - possess 17 W. Kymlicka, supra note 12, ch. 3. 18 Id. at pp. 45-48. M. McDonald, "Should Communities Have Rights?...

...Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities. He states that a minority is "a group numerically inferior to the rest of the population...non-dominant position, whose members — being nationals of a state — possess ethnic, religious or linguistic characteristics differing from those of the rest...

...International Law (Oxford University Press, 1997) p. 77. K The definition of minority is the following: "....[a] group numerically inferior to the rest of the population of a State, in non-dominant position, whose members - being nationals of a State — possess ethnic, religious of...

...Capotorti, zitiert, obwohl sich die Staaten nicht auf seine Formulierung einigen konnten: „A (minority is) a group numerically inferior to the rest of the population...whose members - being nationals of the State - possess etnnic, religious or linguistic characteristics differing from those of the rest of the population...

...cited was drawn up by a UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of minorities, Mr Capotorti. He defined a minority as: "a group numerically inferior to the rest of the population of the State, in a non-dominant position, whose members - being nationals of the State - possess ethnic,...

...Capotorti's formula of the numerical component of the definition of the concept 'minority', namely 'group numerically inferior to the rest of the population of a state', can be discussed from several angles.86 First of all, it can be compared to the relevant section of...

...unspecific terms. The broad definition of minorities forged almost twenty years ago by Capotorti ("groups numerically inferior to the rest of the population of a state, in a non-dominant position, wherein there is a common will of the members to preserve their distinctive characteristics") is still...