National minorities – concept, identity and specific rights

Internationally, there is no generally valid definition of the concept of national minority, generally valid are only the criteria that outline this notion. Legal doctrine, however, is generous in definitions of this concept. The minority can be national, linguistic, ethnic, religious and cultural. People belonging to these minorities enjoy specific rights but, at the same time, it is precisely because of the different types of identities that distinguish them from the majority that they are often discriminated against, such as linguistic, religious, cultural, ethnic identity.