Beiträge zur Rechtsgeschichte Österreichs 12. Jahrgang Heft 2/2022, pp. 264-275, 2022/11/04
The rules regarding the protection of minorities as stipulated in Paris are discussed based on the vague notion of the“right of peoples to self‐determination” of President Wilson and the failure to include general provisions on the protectionof minorities in the Covenant of the League of Nations. The focus is on the Agreement on the protection of minoritiesbetween the Allies and Poland, which was the “blueprint” for subsequent agreements. The article concludes with a briefpresentation of the dismissive or rather ambivalent position of Romania, German Austria and Czechoslovakia.
Keywords: League of Nation – Minority rights – Paris Peace Treaties – protection of national minorities – self‐determination