LEGAL-POLITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE CORFU DECLARATION AND ITS IMPACT ON MINORITY ISSUES
Keywords:
Corfu Declaration, The First World War, The Muslim Question, cultural identity, law, politicsAbstract
The thematic aspect of this paper is the analysis of diplomatic and political marketing of the Corfu Declaration, events in Bosnia and Herzegovina before the First World War, which preceded the declaration and then political situation in the region of the Balkan’s between neighbors whom they aspired its territories, ex, between Austro-Hungarians and other west powers which they designed strategically programs and long-term aims. Since the year 1908, Austro-Hungary abolished Bosnian language in Bosnia and Herzegovina by affirming so-called, internal Serbo-Croatian language. Therefore, Bosnians were denied from the right of language, cultural identity and distinctiveness. Such political instability of Bosnians, including diplomatic level of its aspirations, was used by all parties of First World War, particularly Serbia. Through Corfu declaration, they formulated their great-aspirational program in overall the Balkan’s, particularly in Bosnia and Herzegovina. From this aspect incurred all those political and diplomatic activities, leading to aggressive and total Serbianization of Bosnia and Herzegovina ethnical and cultural area.
Today's political and diplomatic activities are trying to overcome the cruelty of the last war, to declare it civil, the crimes were allegedly committed by everyone (including the one who defended himself on the doorstep!), reconciliation is demanded, but genocide over the seized territory. The right insists that Serbia is a factor of stabilization in the Balkans - and again the aspirations and the right to great power. With that, they want to enter Europe and make the new Corfu (European) declaration official.
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