KINPOL: Observatory on Kin-State Policies

OSCE High Commissioner of National Minorities and University of Glasgow, 24 October 2017, The Hague, The Netherlands

This workshop brought together the advisers from the office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities and scholars on kin-state and autonomy issues. It introduced the KINPOL Observatory on Kin-state Policies and its new project on Poland’s kin-state policies; discussed emerging and potential future kin-states; outlined examples of good practice from an OSCE perspective of kin-state policies and contrasted it with examples of unilateral policies; reflected on existing OSCE recommendations and international instruments’ impact on inter-state relations; and engaged with the work of visiting scholars through individual/group interviews and informed advisers’ work on specific portfolios of countries.

PARTCIPANTS: The advisers from the office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, David Smith (University of Glasgow), Andreea Udrea (University of Glasgow), Federica Prina (University of Glasgow), Zsuzsa Csergő (Queen’s University) and Kristina Kallas (University of Tartu Narva College).

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First published: 29 July 2020