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On 17 February 2000 the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) submitted a recommendation to the Senate of the Babes-Bolyai University (BBU) in Romania. In this recommendation he formulated inter alia: “It is important for the staff of a University to reflect the University’s multi-cultural character […] Therefore, anEqual Opportunity Commission should be established within the university to encourage the hiring of minority and female staff – on the basis of academic credentials – regulate guidelines on the recruitment and promotion of staff in this context and monitor performance against clear and transparent success/failure criteria.” The following article describes the work of the HCNM as peacebuilding through standard-setting and mediation. We will see that the HCNM exercises public authority during the procedures, which govern his shaping activities as well as his monitoring activities.
I would like to thank Jürgen Bast, Jochen von Bernstorff and Lewis Enim for their helpful discussions and comments on earlier drafts.
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Farahat, A. (2010). Regulating Minority Issues through Standard-Setting and Mediation: The Case of the High Commissioner on National Minorities. In: von Bogdandy, A., Wolfrum, R., von Bernstorff, J., Dann, P., Goldmann, M. (eds) The Exercise of Public Authority by International Institutions. Beiträge zum ausländischen öffentlichen Recht und Völkerrecht, vol 210. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04531-8_13
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