Abstract. The analytical note presents the results of the research of the main components of the mechanism for the realization of the national minority rights, including the fulfillment of the obligations stipulated by the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities in the following countries: Hungary, Russia, Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Israel, and Poland. The documents of the Council of Europe regarding monitoring of the implementation of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, normative legal acts of the aforementioned states providing for ensuring the rights of national minorities, other documentary materials in English and other languages have been analyzed.

Key words: national minorities, rights of national minorities, ethnic composition of the population, Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, civil society organizations.

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11/2022