Effektiver Schutz nationaler Minderheiten durch den Europäischen Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte?

Now that a consistent system of regional minority protection has been established through the FCNM and the case law of the ECtHR, the question arises as to its effectiveness, to what extent the standard of the ECtHR corresponds to the level of the minority-specific draft of an additional protocol to the ECHR and whether there is still a need for such an additional protocol today. Therefore, this work is based on an articlecentred approach, which focuses on developments and critically examines individual judgments. A comparison of the draft additional protocol and the ECHR / FCNM serves to identify possible gaps in protection. The paper concludes with a statement on the feasibility of an additional protocol.