Advisory Opinion on Minority Schools in Albania

E47952

advisory opinion decision of the Permanent Court of International Justice international court decision

The Advisory Opinion on Minority Schools in Albania was a landmark 1935 decision of the Permanent Court of International Justice that clarified states’ obligations to protect minority educational rights under international minority treaties.

Jump to: Statements Referenced by

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	advisory opinion ⓘ decision of the Permanent Court of International Justice ⓘ international court decision ⓘ
aim	to interpret obligations under minority treaties regarding schools ⓘ
appliesTo	Albanian minority treaties regime ⓘ League of Nations minority treaties ⓘ surface form: League of Nations minority protection system
belongsTo	history of international minority protection ⓘ
bindingOn	requesting body only in a political sense ⓘ
citedIn	academic literature on minority rights ⓘ academic literature on the Permanent Court of International Justice ⓘ
clarified	interpretation of international minority treaties ⓘ states’ obligations to protect minority educational rights ⓘ
concerns	rights of national minorities in education ⓘ treatment of minority schools by the Albanian state ⓘ
court	Permanent Court of International Justice ⓘ
date	1935 ⓘ
field	international human rights law ⓘ international law ⓘ minority rights law ⓘ
geographicalContext	Europe ⓘ
givenBy	Permanent Court of International Justice ⓘ
historicalSignificance	important interpretation of minority protection treaties ⓘ landmark decision on minority educational rights ⓘ
influenced	scholarly debates on minority protection ⓘ subsequent international human rights law doctrine on minorities ⓘ
isPrecedentFor	later jurisprudence on educational rights of minorities ⓘ later jurisprudence on minority rights ⓘ
issuedUnder	League of Nations ⓘ surface form: League of Nations framework
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalNature	interpretative decision ⓘ
legalStatus	non-binding advisory opinion ⓘ
legalSystem	League of Nations era international law ⓘ
partOf	jurisprudence of the Permanent Court of International Justice ⓘ
partyInvolved	Albania ⓘ
partyStatus	state bound by minority treaties ⓘ
placeOfJurisdiction	Albania ⓘ
relatedTo	development of international human rights standards ⓘ international protection of minorities ⓘ
sourceType	international judicial decision ⓘ
subjectMatter	international minority treaties ⓘ minority educational rights ⓘ minority schools ⓘ
timePeriod	interwar period ⓘ
typeOfRightAddressed	cultural rights ⓘ educational rights ⓘ linguistic rights ⓘ
year	1935 ⓘ

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Permanent Court of International Justice → significantCase → Advisory Opinion on Minority Schools in Albania ⓘ