The compliance of national law of a selected state regarding political representation and participation of persons belonging to national minorities with international law (universal or regional)

The compliance of national law of a selected state regarding political representation and participation of persons belonging to national minorities with international law (universal or regional)

Introduction

The main purpose of this paper is to make an analysis on the compliance of national law of United States regarding the political representation and participation of persons belonging to national minorities with United Nations. According to the law of United States, it is allowed for the people belonging to the United States that they can take part in the United Nations. According to the United Nations human rights system, the meaning of the term minorities is the national, linguistic, ethnic and religious minorities. This is specified under the United Nations Declarations. This declaration has its applications on the indigenous people too.

Discussion

The paper makes discussion on the law of United States on the representation and participation of the minorities in the United Nations. The minorities are classified under the following characteristics as per the law of United Nations:

1) They are also bound in the special relationship with the land and the environment

2) They have the equal rights in the different political and social institutions including the health practices, customary legal systems and laws, customs and cultural traditions.

3) They also gain the development priorities and the traditional management of the resources.

According to the law of United States, the political representation and the participation of the people of United States is considered to be a crucial step. The importance of the minorities in the government is increasing with the passage of time and with the increased growth of the number of multi-party states (Afshar, 2006). The majority sensitivity and the minority inclusion are best considered as the protection of the minority rights which are achieved through the articulation and the combination of different minorities. According to the law of United Nations, the best ways through which the minority rights can be fulfilled is through assuring the involvement of the minorities in the politics. In order to give the proper rights to the minorities, it is necessary that they should be given the proper rights to be included in the politics and they should be given the proper abilities of decision making (Bullock, 2005).

However, the veto power cannot be equated by the full participation of the minorities in the government. However, it is not even the complete guarantee that the elected minorities have the complete right and the sole representatives in the protection of the legal rights and the political decision making procedures. Instead, it means that there is a right of the minorities' politicians to take part in the political decision making. They have the right to run their offices and raise their voices for any concerns in the national politics. According to the United Nations law, the minorities have the equal rights to take part in the universal ...