Collection Summary

Creator: A. E. Dick Howard
Title: Addendum to The Papers of A. E. Dick Howard [a] - re Central and Eastern European new constitutions
Accession: MSS 13-1a
Parent Collection: Addendum to the Papers of A. E. Dick Howard [d]
Description: 28 boxes, 13.5 linear ft.
Location: This collection is stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections before your visit to ensure your papers are available.
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Digitized Content: 0 objects
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Collection Description & Arrangement

A. E. Dick Howard, White Burkett Miller Professor of Law and Public Affairs, donated this addition to his manuscript collection in August of 2014.  These papers that relate to his work on the writing of new constitutions in Central and Eastern Europe at the collapse of the Soviet Union in the late 1980s and early 1990s consist of 28 archival boxes, 13.5 linear ft. The files were processed trying to convey the original organization and consist of correspondence, memoranda, working papers and numerous printed materials.  A list of all printed materials taken out is printed in each folder for researchers to see.

The collection is divided in 5 groups:

Central and Eastern Europe Files (Boxes 1- 20) is comprised of general documents and files titled by nation.

Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe [CSCE] Files (Boxes 21 – 22), plus digital documents.

US Institute for Peace Project (Boxes 21-23)

Non Eastern European Constitutionalism files (Boxes 24-26)

Miscellaneous documents (26-28)

Biographical & Historical Information

      • Professor Howard describes:

“The events leading up to and following the fall of the Berlin Wall led to the collapse of the Soviet empire in Central and Eastern Europe.  Communist regimes in the former communist countries were ousted, free elections took place, and the peoples of the region began the slow and arduous task of trying to lay the foundations for constitutional democracies.  Events moved with amazing speed.  For example, by the end of 1989, Vaclav Havel, a former dissident, became the first president of post-communist Czechoslovakia.

The new era brought the making of new constitutions.  Drafters looked westward, especially to Western Europe, but also to America. 

My first invitation came from Hungary.  The team charged with drafting a new constitution came to Charlottesville, and I did a series of seminars for them on constitution-making.  I drew on my experience here in Virginia, as well as work I had done in other places, such as Hong Kong and the Philippines.  These consultations were followed by my being invited to Budapest, where I was the guest of the Hungarian Parliament.

I then had invitations to work with other countries in the region.  Sometimes the invitation came from the President's office, as in Czechoslovakia.  Sometimes it came from the Parliament, as in Poland.  Typically there was American sponsorship, either official (for example, the State Department) or NGO (especially the American Bar Association's Central and Eastern European Law Initiative).  Usually I was a member of a team (for example, I worked closely with DC attorney Lloyd Cutler and American University professor Herman Schwartz in Prague).  Often there were also consultants from European countries, such as Germany's Helmut Steinberger or France's Robert Badinter).

I took my role throughout to be a modest one.  Sometimes I was directly involved in drafting (as in Prague).  Other times the work was by way of offering general advice.  I tried to avoid seeming to be a cultural imperialist; that is, I did not try to force the American model on the people of another country.   I tried to sketch out basic principles, ask a lot of questions, and get drafters thinking about options and choices”.

Acquisition Information

Date Received 2014

Content List

Central and Eastern Europe

Box 1

  • 1988-1992, 1994; Central and Eastern Europe American Initiatives – General correspondence with organizations developing initiatives including USIA, Ford Foundation, American and European universities, The National Council for Soviet and Eastern European Research. File includes Moore, John Norton: “Morality and the Rule of Law in the Foreign Policy of the Democracies” (November 1991) (4 folders)
  • 1989, October 20; The Delphi International Education and Training, Center for Law and National Security, John Bassett Moore Society of International Law – Visit of East German lawyers to Charlottesville: correspondence, biographical information, list of participants.
  • 1990-1996; Eastern Europe – general correspondence, memoranda, reports. Includes Quinn, Frederick: “Rule of Law in a New Century” (undated); Warner, Andrew M. “The Role of the Military in a Democratic Society: Conference after Action Report”; Rubin, Alfred P. “Rubin Comments on International Tribunal, S/25704”; Sandoz, Ellis: “Reflections on Liberty and Rule of Law in Czechoslovakia and in other Countries of Central and Eastern Europe” (1991); “A Comment by A. E. Dick Howard on Professor Sokol’s Constitutionalism in Croatia”; “Testimony before the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the U.S. House of representatives on “Promoting Democracy Abroad” by Adrian Karatnycky (23 March 1993) (f. 1 of 3)

 

Box 2

  • 1990-1996; Eastern Europe – general correspondence, memoranda, reports (2 folders)
  • 1992, 24 March-24 June; The Helsinki Follow-up Meeting of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE) Helsinki, Finland – correspondence, memoranda, reports. Includes Howard, A.E. Dick: “Report on Activities as a Public Member of the U.S. Delegation at the Fourth CSCE Follow-Up Meeting” (June 1992); Howard, A.E. Dick: “Synopsis: The Safeguards of Constitutionalism”; “The Helsinki Follow-Up Meeting of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe, March 24 – July 8, 1992,”  report prepared by the Staff of the CSCE; “Results of the Survey of Public Opinion on Current Sociopolitical Situation in Georgia,” by the Institute of Demography and Sociological Studies, Academy of Sciences of Georgia (16 -21 April 1992); Information on The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights; “Decisions of the Preparatory Meeting of the Helsinki Follow-Up Meeting 1992 of the Conference on Security and Co-Operation in Europe”; list of participants; schedule; handwritten notes.
  • 1992, 24 March-24 June; The Helsinki Follow-up Meeting of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe – Statements by the Representatives:
      • Remarks by Raffi K. Hovannisian, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Armenia (10 March 1992) 
      • Opening Statement by Raffi K. Hovannisian, (26 March 1992) 
      • Statement by the Representative of the Council of Europe: Hans-Peter-Furrer, Director of Political Affairs (31 March 1992) 
      • Plenary Intervention by the American Representative: Ambassador John C. Kornblum (31 March 1992) 
      • Statement by Ambassador Samuel G. Wise, Delegation of the United States, Working Group 3 (2 April 1992) 
      • Working Group Three Intervention by Ambassador Samuel G. Wise, U.S. Delegation (6 April 1992) 
      • Statement by Ambassador Samuel G. Wise, Delegation of the United States of America for Working Group 3: Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (9-10 April  10, 1992) 
      • Statement for Working Group 3 by Sherwood McGinnis, Delegation of the United States (13 April 1992) 
      • Statement by Sherwood McGinnis, Delegation of the United States for Working Group Three: "Relations with International Organizations” (15 April 1992)
      • Declaration de M. Christian der Stepanian, Representant de la Republique D’Armenie a la Reunion du Comite des Hauts-Fonctionnaires de la Conference sur la Securite et la Cooperation en Europe” (19 April 1992)
      • Statement by the US Representative to the CSCE Ambassador John C. Kornblum to the Meeting in Helsinki of the Committee of Senior Officials (29 April 1992)
      • Working Group 3 Intervention by Nancy Ely-Raphel, US Delegation: “Democratic Institutions and the Rule of Law” (4 May 1992)
      • Working Group 3 Intervention by Nancy Ely-Raphel, U.S. Delegation: "Tolerance and the CSCE” (5 May 1992)
      • Committee of Senior Officials: Statement of Ambassador John C. Kornblum (6 May 1992)
      • Statement of the Situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina to the Plenary Session of the Helsinki Follow-Up Meeting by the United States Representative, Ambassador John C. Kornblum (6 May 1992)
      • Intervention in Working Group 3 by J. Sherwood McGinnis, United States Delegation: "Revenge, Retribution, and Rehabilitation-Making Wrongs Right in Former Communist Countries” (14 May 1992)
      • “Free, Independent Media – Democracy’s Lifeblood” by Paula Dobriansky, Associate Director for Policy and Programs, USIA (18 May 1992)
      • Declaration de Christian der Stepanian, Representant de la Republique D’Armenie a la Reunion du Comite des Hauts-Fonctionnaires de la Conference sur la Securite et la Cooperation en Europe” (18 May 1992)
      • Statement by David M. Evans, U.S. Delegation: 'Bringing the Central Asian States More Fully into the CSCE Community” (21 May 1992)
      • Statement by David M. Evans, U.S. Delegation: "Free Elections, Rule of Law and Democratic Society: Some Thoughts on ODIHR Activities” (22 May 1992)
      • Statement by J. Sherwood McGinnis, US Delegation to the Helsinki CSCE Follow-Up Meeting Working Group Three (25 May 1992)
      • Statement by Ambassador J. Kenneth Blackwell, US Delegation to the Helsinki CSCE Follow-Up Meeting Working Group Three (26 May 1992)
      • Plenary Intervention by Adrian Karatnycky, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organization (AFL-CIO), US Public Member (27 May 1992)
      • Statement by Samuel G. Wise, US Delegation:  'Migrant Workers” (5 June 1992)
      • Statement by Raffi K. Hovannisian, Minister of Foreign Affair, Republic of Armenia” (5 June 1992)
      • Statement by Samuel G. Wise, US Delegation:   'Freedom of Movement and Migration” (9 June 1992)
      • Working Group III Intervention on the Free Media Seminar by Patricia H. Kushlis (9 June 1992)
      • Statement of Samuel G. Wise, US Delegation: "Tolerance and Culture” (11 June 1992)
      • Statement of Judge Patricia M. Ward, US Delegation: "Democratic Institution Building and Human Rights” (2 June 1992)
      • Statement of Samuel G. Wise, US Delegation: "Tolerance” (12 June 1992)
  • 1992, 24 March-24 June; The Helsinki Follow-up Meeting of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe, Helsinki, Finland – Working Group 3:
      • U.S. Comments on Working Group 3 Proposals
      • Proposal Submitted by the Delegations of Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, the Russian Federation and Sweden: "Rights of Indigenous Populations”
      • Proposal Submitted by the Delegation of the Netherlands and Those of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Poland, the Russian Federation and Sweden: "CSCE High Commissioner for Minorities
      • Proposal Submitted by the Delegation of the Russian Federation: Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms: "The Right to Citizenship"
      • Proposal Submitted by the Delegation of the United States of America: "CSCE Project on Tolerance”
      • Proposal Submitted by the Delegation of Sweden and those of Austria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Slovenia, Spain and Switzerland: "Abolition of the Death Penalty”
      • Proposal Submitted by the Delegations of Austria, Bulgaria, Finland, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Romania, the Russian Federation, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey: "Co-operation between the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OHIDR) and the Council of Europe”
      • Proposal Submitted by the Delegations of Austria, Bulgaria and Switzerland: Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OHIHR): "Assistance in the Field of Censuses”
      • Proposal Submitted by the Delegations of Austria, the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, Finland, Hungary, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland and Ukraine: "National Minorities”
      • Proposal Submitted by the Delegation of the United Kingdom: "Observance of Human Rights: Codes of Practice”
      • Proposal Submitted by the Delegation of Austria: Follow-up to CSCE Missions with Human Dimension Implications”
      • Proposal Submitted by the Delegation of Austria: Modalities of Implementation Meetings on Human Dimension Commitment: "Food for Thought”
      • Proposal Submitted by the Delegations of Denmark, Estonia, Georgia, Germany, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands and Portugal: "National Minorities”
      • Proposal Submitted by the Delegations of Austria, Croatia, the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malta, the Russian Federation, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland and Ukraine: "Short Seminar on Examples of Satisfactorily Resolved Problems of National Minorities”
      • Proposal Submitted by the Delegation of the United States of America: "CSCE and Migration”
      • Proposal Submitted by the Delegation of Malta and those of Austria, Italy, Norway, Romania and Turkey: "CSCE Co-operation in Combating Illicit Trafficking in Drugs”
      • Proposal Submitted by the Delegation of Canada against Racial, Ethnic, and Religious Discrimination (June 3, 1992)
      • Proposal Submitted by the Delegations of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, Poland, Romania and Ukraine: "Co-operation between Local and Regional Communities” (June 4, 1992)
      • Proposal Submitted by the Delegations of Malta, Romania, the Russian Federation and Turkey: "Migrant Workers and Their Families Lawfully Residing in CSCE States” (4 June 1994)
      • Proposal Submitted by the Delegation of the Russian Federation and Those of Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Greece, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Slovenia, Switzerland and Yugoslavia: "Refugees and Displaced Persons” (5 June 1992)
      • Proposal Submitted by the Delegations of Austria, the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, Finland, Hungary, Lithuania, Norway, the Russian Federation and Sweden: "Meaningful Involvement of Non-Governmental Organizations” (8 June 1992)
      • Proposal Submitted by the Delegation of Portugal on Behalf of the European Community and Its Member States: "Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights” (9 June 1992)
      • Proposal Submitted by the Delegation of the United States of America and that of Ukraine: "Seminar on Free Media” (9 June 1992)
      • Proposal Submitted by the Delegations of Austria, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Liechtenstein, Malta, Moldova, Romania, Sweden and Switzerland: "Promotion of Humanitarian Law” (9 June 1992)
      • Proposal Submitted by the Delegation of Portugal on Behalf of the European Community and its Member States: "Updating the Vienna Human Dimension Mechanism” (10 June 1992)
      • Proposal Submitted by the Delegations of Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom: "The Enhanced Involvement of Non-Governmental Organizations in the CSCE Process” (15 June 1992)
      • Working Group 3 U.S. Delegation-Human Dimension Decisions: "Chapeau” 10 (June 1992)
      • Coordinator’s Personal Ideas-Working Group 3 Part Two: "Enhanced Co-Operation in the Human Dimension” (13 June 1992)
      • Working Group 3-Part Three: "Framework for Monitoring the Compliance with Commitments and for Promoting Co-Operation in the Human Dimension” (14 June 1992)
      • Tolerance and Non-Discrimination” (16 June 1992)
      • “Humanitarian Law.”
  • 1992, September 5; “Constitution Making in Central and Eastern Europe,” American Political Science Association panel (Chicago) – Handwritten notes.

 

Box 3

  • 1994, April 6-7; 15th Tanner Lecture on Human Values, University of Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah) –  correspondence and papers.  Includes Howard’s lecture “Toward the Open Society in Central and Eastern Europe,” (1994); draft of Prof. Howard’s paper; Webster, David: “Building Free and Independent Media,” Freedom Papers (August 1992); Koven, Ronald: “Media Laws in Eastern Europe: The Meddler’s Itch”, Uncaptive Minds 6, no. 2 (Summer 1993); Schauer, Frederick and Virginia J. Wise: “Press, Press Law, and Press Freedom in Estonia” (undated); “A Report on Freedom of the Media in Eastern Europe & in the Countries of the Former Soviet Union: A Work in Progress”, The Transatlantic Dialogue on European Broadcasting (November 1993); schedule, handwritten notes (2 folders)
  • 1990-1991; ABA-CEELI Law Initiatives – Miscellaneous documents
  • 1995, May 14-25; ABA – CEELI - Technical Legal Assistance Workshop for the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina – correspondence and memoranda. File includes the “Constitution of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina” (13 March 1994); “Proposed Constitution of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina” (18 March 1994); “Structure of the Federation” (7 October 1994); “Transitional Federation Arrangements” (undated); “Special Briefing: Towards a Federation of Bosnia & Hercegovina,” Bosnia-Herzegovina Information Centre (March 1994); agenda; handwritten notes.
  • 1996, January 24; ABA – CEELI Advisory Board Meeting

 

Box 4

  • 1990-1994; Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) miscellaneous documents: Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (July 1990); Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (February 1991); The Geneva CSCE Experts Meeting on National Minorities, July 1 -19, 1991; CSCE Activities Report: Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (1 May 1992); CSCE: Human Dimension Seminar on Free Media Warsaw (2-5 November 1993); “Media in the Republic of Croatia” Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Croatia, Warsaw (2-5 November 1993); Rozgonova, Daniela: “CSCE Human Dimension Seminar on Free Media” Warsaw (2 November 1993); CSCE Chronological Review of Conference Documents Published since 1972 to 1993; CSCE: Seminar on Human Dimension Issues in Central Asia (20-22 April 1994); CSCE Human Dimension Seminar on Local Democracy Warsaw, (16-20 May 1994); “The Rights of National Minorities and Peoples in the CSCE Context: The Problem of Self-Determination” (undated)
  • 1981-1992; Council of Europe: “Declaration Regarding Intolerance – A Threat to Democracy,” adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 14 May 1981, 68th Session; “Recommendation No. R (85) 7 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on Teaching and Learning about Human Rights in Schools,” adopted by the Committee of Ministers on May 14, 1985, 385th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies; “Steering Committee on Local and Regional Authorities (CDLR): Presentation of the Council of Europe Programme for Co-Operation in the Development of Local Democracy with the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe” Strasbourg (5 November 1991); “Council of Europe Co-Operation and Assistance Programmes for Countries of Central and Eastern Europe in the Field of Human Rights,” prepared by the Directorate of Human Rights (March, 1992); “Suggestions Concerning Co-Operation between the Council of Europe and the CSCE” (30 March 1992); “European Commission for Democracy through Law: Annual Report of Activities for 1991” (March 1992); “Parliamentary Assembly: The Geographical Enlargement of the Council of Europe: Policy Options and Consequences” Strasbourg (29 April 1992); “Relations between the Council of Europe and the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe,” prepared by the Office of the Clerk of the Assembly (4 May 1992); “Committee of Ministers 90th Session: “Themis” Plan for the Development of Law" and “Lode” Plan for Local Democracy” Strasbourg (7 May 1992) (2 folders)
  • 1990-1993; Eastern Europe miscellaneous papers:  Murphy, Walter F. “Constitutional Democracy in Eastern Europe,” paper presented at Eötvös Lorànd University Conference on Constitutionalism and Constitutional Change in East Central Europe, Pecs, Hungary (18-20 June 1990); Treverton, Gregory F.: “America’s European Engagement” in Beyond the Cold War: Current Issues in European Security No. 6. The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (November 1990); Sandoz, Ellis: “Reflections on Liberty and Rule of Law in Czechoslovakia” (1 July 1991); Bailey, Norman A. Inc.: “Reflections on the Economic Restructuring of Former Command Economies,” paper presented to the Conference on the Rule of Law in United States Foreign Policy and the New World Order, Washington D.C. (10 October 1991); Roeder, Philip G.: “Lessons from the Soviet Constitutional Revolution, 1987‐1991,” conference paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois (3 -6 September 1992); Howard’s handwritten notes re Pew Trust Planning Meeting on Strengthen Constitution (17 December 1991); Cviic, Christopher: “Central and Eastern Europe, with Special Reference to Economic and Political Relations with the West,” Ditchley Conference Report No. D92/7, Oxfordshire, England (15-17 May 1992); “Courts of Ultimate Appeal: The Constitutional and Supreme Courts of the New Democracies of Central/Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union,” an International Conference co-sponsored by the Furth Family Foundation and the Center for Democracy, Strasbourg, France (1-2 November 1993); “Report of the Mission of the Council of Europe Team of Experts to Consider the Legislative, Regulatory and Administrative Framework for the Media in Croatia” Council of Europe, Committee of Ministers (9-12 May 1993); “Position on the Report of the Commission for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission) at the Congress of United States of America Entitled Human Rights and Democratization in Slovakia” (October 1993); “Threats to Press Freedoms: A Report Prepared for the Free Media Seminar Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe” Helsinki Watch 5, no. 21 (November 1993); copy of Fitchett, Joseph: Summary Report, Discussion Group 2, undated (2 folders)
  • 1992- 1994; Eastern Europe – Papers re democracy:  “APSA 1994 Roundtable ‘Central and Eastern Europe’s Democratic Prospects’” (1994); “European Commission for Democracy through Law: Draft Annual Report of Activities for 1993” Council of Europe (1994); Sobolewska-Myslik, Katarzyna: “The Meaning of Democracy in Eastern Europe” (undated); USIA “Russian Public Still Wrestling with Democracy” Opinion Research Memorandum (25 March 1993); Gebethner, Stanisław: “Proportional Representation versus Majoritarian Systems: Free Elections and Political Parties in Transitions to Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe” (undated); Tanchev, Evgeni. “Rationalized Parliamentarism in the Constitutions of the Emerging Democracies” (undated); “New Democracy and Local Governance: A Comparative Report on Local Democracy in Eight Former Socialist Countries,” report for the conference at the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies and East European Studies at the Woodrow Wilson Center (5-7 November 1992).
  • 1992-1994; Research Memoranda: Samples of memos written by Prof. Howard’s research assistants about Central and Eastern Europe.

 

Box 5

Albania

  • 1991-1992; Albania – correspondence re draft of Albania Constitution;  memorandum from Kimberly Vasconi on “A Discussion of the Albanian Draft Constitution Concerning Individual Rights and Freedoms”; “Report on Mission to Albania,” International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (7-10 August 1992).
  • 1991; Albania – ABA Central and East European Law Initiative (CEELI) – correspondence and memoranda; “Law on the major Constitutional Provisions: The People’s Assembly of the Republic of Albania,” Tirana (May 1991); unofficial translations on the Draft Constitution (16 October 1991), Judicial Power (21 October 1991), Albania People’s Assembly Law on the Sanctioning and Protection of Private Property, Free Initiative, Independent Private Activities and Privatization (22 October 1991); Constitution of the Republic of Albania: Chapter II-The Rights of Individuals and Basic Freedoms (November 1991); Constitution of the Republic of Albania: Chapter IV-Organization and Administration of Local Government (November 1991); Republic of Albania: Draft Article of Judicial Power, Constitutional Court, Constitutional Amendments (November 1991); memoranda from Judge Dorothy T. Beasley (Georgia US Court of Appeals) on Albanian Judicial Reform Workshop at Tirana, Albania, November 5-12, 1991; “Draft Translation: Law on Advocacy in the Republic of Albania”; “Draft Translation: Law on the Status of Magistrates and the Supreme Council of Justice”; Regulska, Joanna: “Report on the Technical Assistance to Albanian Parliament Local Government Subcommittee of the Constitutional Drafting Commission (1-8 December 1991); ABA CEELI “Analysis of the Draft Constitution of Albania” (30 September 30, 1991); CEELI: “Comments on Albania’s Proposed Legislation on Privatization and Commercial Activities” (Dec. 2, 1991); Report on the U.S. Helsinki Commission Delegation Visit to Hungary, Yugoslavia, and Albania (Code DeConcini),” prepared by the staff of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (22-28 March 1991)  (2 folders)
  • 1992, July 14-16; Albania – CEELI Technical Legal Assistance Workshop on Constitutional Democracy in Albania: "The Judicial Perspective," Tirana, Albania, correspondence and memoranda. Includes Howard, A.E. Dick: “The Courts and the Constitution in Albania,” Constitution Law Workshop; “Unofficial Translation: Draft of constitution of the Republic of Albania (second draft)” (March 1991); “Unauthorized Translation: The Draft Constitution of the Republic of Albania” (undated); “The Elections in Albania, March-April 1991,” a report prepared by the staff of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (April 1991); “Albania’s Second Multi-Party Elections: March 22 and 29, 1992,” a report prepared by the staff of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (April 1992); schedule of the workshop; Howard’s handwritten notes.


Box 6

  • 1992-1993; Albania – Constitution. “Amendments Enhancing the Powers of the President, The People’s Assembly of the Republic of Albania” (9 April 1992); “The People’s Assembly of the Republic of Albania: The Organization of Judiciary and the Constitutional Court,” (29 April 1992); “The Draft Constitution of the Republic of Albania: Basic Rights and Freedoms of the Citizens = BRFC” (undated); “Draft Constitution for Albania” (23 January 1993)
  • 1991; Albania – “Constitutional Revolutions in Eastern Europe” Center for the Study of Constitutionalism in Eastern Europe, University of Chicago (18-20 October 1991): Albania.
  • 1992; Albania – Report of Judge Robert W. Sweet (USDC NY) and Adele Hall Sweet on their visit to Albania (21 November 21- 12 December 1991)
  • 1991; Albania – Background articles re Albania from the United States Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs (November 1986); Brown, Elizabeth F. “Marketing in Albania”, Office of Eastern Europe and Soviet Affairs, U.S. Department of Commerce (March 1991); Miko, Francis T.: “Albania,” Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress (27 June 1991); “Reform of the Legal System” (undated)
  • 1992; Armenia – Official Statements of the Government of the Republic of Armenia [regarding Nagorno-Karabagh conflict]; Cox, Caroline: “Human Rights Report on Visit to Nagorno Karabakh, March 12-15, 1992” (17 March 17 1992); “Draft Constitution of the Republic of Armenia,” as adopted by the Constitutional Commission of the Supreme Soviet of Armenia (13 April 1995); Howard’s handwritten notes.

Baltic States

  • 1991; Baltic States – Council of the Baltic States Resolution on Investigating the Repressive Activities of the Soviet Union in the Baltic States (Tallinn, 11 June 1991); Arnold Rüütel (Chairman Supreme Council of Estonia): “Baltic Road to Independence” (11 June 1991).

Belarus

  • 1992; Belarus – Resolution of the Supreme Soviet of the Republic of Belarus (23 April 1992); “Draft of Belorussian Constitution” (6 April 1992)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • 1992, 1995; Bosnia and Herzegovina CHRF [Congressional Human Rights Foundation] Project – papers related to research project. Statement of Principles and Recommendations Regarding Human Right and the Rule of Law; Positions of the Bosnian and Herzegovinian Government regarding the Administrative-Territorial Organization of the Republic; Proclamation; CSCE: The Report on Independence in Bosnia Herzegovina (29 February – 1 March  1992); CEELI memoranda re Bosnia working group; “Military Aid to Bosnia and Iraq,” transcript of an interview given by the Prime Minister, the Rt Hon John Major, MP, to Independent Television News in London, on Tuesday, 18 August 1992.

Bulgaria

  • 1991, January 21-23.; Bulgaria –  Human Rights in Constitutional and Statutory Development in Bulgaria Conference, Sofia, Bulgaria: correspondence; “Preliminary Report on the Upcoming Bulgarian Elections,” International Human Rights Law Group (May 31, 1990); “Bulgaria in Transition: Report on the June 1990 Legislative Elections and Discussion of Constitutional Considerations for the Grand National Assembly,” International Human Rights Law Group (13 September 1990); conference briefing materials, Howard’s notes

 

Box 7

  • 1991, February 17-21; Bulgaria Constitutional Workshop – correspondence regarding the conference.  “Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bulgaria, Dŭrzhaven Vestnik 1971, No. 39”; “Draft of Act of Amendments of the Bulgarian Constitution”; “Constitution of Bulgaria: December 14, 1947, amended 1961 and 1965”; “The Bulgarian Constitution of 1879”; agenda
  • 1991-1992; Bulgaria United States Institute of Peace Project – correspondence with Eugene Tantchev and Craig H. Baab. Howard’s commentaries on  “Rule of Law Country Report-Bulgaria: Comment on the Issues, Process of Drafting and Adoption, Status of the Constitution”; “Grand National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria: Protection of Competition Act”; “Law of Accounting”; “Law on Cooperatives”; “Law of Foreign Investment”; “Business Law”; “Decree #1 from July 24, 1991: on the conditions and order of issuing permissions for conducting duty-free trade in foreign convertible currency”; “Decree 147 from July 25, 1991: for creating a State Fund for Reconstruction and Development”; JPRS-EER-91-126-S (22 August 1991): Constitution of Republic of Bulgaria; Howard’s “Draft of comments on Bulgarian Constitution”; “The Future of Democracy and Economic Transition in Bulgaria,” remarks by Deputy Secretary of State Lawrence S. Eagleburger, Bulgarian-U.S. Trade and Economic Council Conference, (Mar. 4, 1992); “Bulgaria Forum,” Citizens Democracy Corps. (Sept. 19, 1991); “Mission to the Republic of Bulgaria,” Financial Services Volunteer Corps. (July 14-20, 1991); “Minority Rights: Problems, Parameters, and Patterns in the CSCE Context,” the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (undated); working papers; memoranda; briefing schedule; handwritten notes (3 folders)
  • 1991-1994: Bulgaria general correspondence and memoranda; information on the Bulgarian Association for Fair Elections and Civil Rights (BAFECR); Partners for Democratic Change International.
  • 1991; Bulgaria – Constitution and other official documents: “Draft of Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria”; “Deed #1/1991 of the Constitutional Court of Bulgaria”; “Decision #3 of the Constitutional Court of Bulgaria from April 3 on Deed #30/1991”; “Decision of the Constitutional Court”; “A Bill for Election of National Assembly Members, Municipal Councilors and Mayors,” Bulgarian Association for Fair Election and Civil Rights. (undated); “The Constitutional Court of Bulgaria.”; “Present State of Protection of Constitutional Rights and Liberties in Bulgaria and Suggestions for Future Improvements” from Judge Tilev; “De-communization Drafts in Bulgaria.”
  • 1991; Bulgaria – NRIIA (National Republican Institute for International Affairs) “Bulgaria: Briefing Material” (Aug. 1, 1991).    
  • 1991-1992; ABA – CEELI Technical Assistance Workshop on Judicial Restructuring in Bulgaria: Reports, comments of Michael Davidson (Senate Legal Counsel), Paul R. Verkuil (College of William and Mary), Herman Schwartz (Washington College of Law), Judge Harry W. Low (California Court of Appeal), Judge Marvin E. Aspena (US District Court, Chicago); Lou Fisher (Library of Congress) on the workshop.  Report of Judge John P. Fullam (May 6 – June 6, 1991); Follow-up Technical Assistance Workshop on Bulgaria’s Draft Constitution,” Sofia, Bulgaria (19-22 June 1991); “Constitutional Reform in Bulgaria: A Summary Report of a Workshop,” Sofia, Bulgaria (19-June 1991);  “Comments on the Draft Bulgarian Patent Law” (Dec. 16, 1991); Analysis of the Bulgarian Court System Technical Legal Assistance Extended Visit (25 January - 6 February 1992); Analysis of Bulgaria’s Draft Legislation on Oil Exploration (November 11, 1991; Comments on the draft of Bulgarian Patent Law (16 December 1991); Analysis of the Bulgarian Court System Technical Legal Assistance Extended Visit (January- February 1992); Susman, Thomas M. “Summary Report on Bulgaria: The National Assembly, Legislative Drafting, the Constitution, and Administrative Process” (21 June 1991) (f. 1 of 2 folders)

 

Box 8

  • 1991-1992; ABA – CEELI Technical Assistance Workshop on Judicial Restructuring in Bulgaria (f. 2 of 2 folders)
  • 1992; Bulgaria – “The Proper Role of an Intelligence Agency in a Democracy,” an International Conference co-sponsored by the Office of the President of the Republic of Bulgaria, the Center for Democracy and the E.L. Wiegand Foundation, Sofia, Bulgaria (8-10 April 1992).
  • 1990-1991; Bulgaria: Kiuranov, Deyan: “Political Establishment of the Bulgarian Opposition”; Kolarova, Rumyana and Dimitr Dimitrov: “Round Table Talks in Bulgaria”; “The Bulgarian State System at a Crossroads (The problem of the form of government of post-totalitarian Bulgaria)
  • Bulgarian printed materials: Bulgarian newspaper; Danevski, Valentin, Political Parties, Movements and Organizations in Bulgaria and  their leaders. Sofia, Bulgaria: Sofia Press Publishing House, 1990; The Insider, Bulgarian Digest Monthly, August 1, 1991.

Croatia

  • 1990, 1998; Croatia: “The Constitution of the Republic of Croatia (22 December 1990); Tudman, Franjo: “We Stand before a Great Historic Test,” (22 December 1990); “European Commission for Democracy through Law: Amendments to the Constitution of the Republic of Croatia,” Council of Europe, Strasbourg (9 January 1998)

Czechoslovakia

  • 1989-1996; Czechoslovakia – general correspondence with Czech and Slovak scholars. File includes correspondence with his students and Osborn, John E.: “The Charter 77 Human Rights Movement: Prelude to the Rule of Law in Czechoslovakia?” The Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, John Hopkins University (20 November 1991). Also correspondence with Jan Havránek (Professor at Charles University in Prague) re Law School Jurisprudence class (April 1990).
  • 1990; Czechoslovakia – Committee on Revision of the Czechoslovak Constitution: correspondence, memoranda, minutes, list of members, photos of participants at Salzburg and Prague seminar by P. Kraft; handwritten notes (2 folders)
  • 1990; Czechoslovakia – Committee on Revision of the Czechoslovak Constitution Working Papers – Constitution Making drafts. Includes “Havel’s draft” and Pavel Rychetsky contributions; list of political parties which are represented in the Federal Assembly, Czech National Council and Slovak National Council.

 

Box 9

  • 1990; Czechoslovakia – Committee on Revision of the Czechoslovak Constitution Working Papers – Bill of Rights. Draft of bill of rights, Howard’s comments on draft; papers on rights and human rights (2 folders)
  • 1990; Czechoslovakia – Committee on Revision of the Czechoslovak Constitution Working Papers – Czechoslovak Constitutional History by Vratislav Pechota
  • 1990; Czechoslovakia – Committee on Revision of the Czechoslovak Constitution Working Papers – Electoral System. Czechoslovak Legislative Elections Systems and Rules memorandum; draft paper on electoral systems and political parties; Czechoslovak Political Finance memorandum.
  • 1990; Czechoslovakia – Committee on Revision of the Czechoslovak Constitution Working Papers – Emergency Action
  • 1990; Czechoslovakia – Committee on Revision of the Czechoslovak Constitution Working Papers – Federalism and Foreign Affairs.
  • 1990; Czechoslovakia – Committee on Revision of the Czechoslovak Constitution-Working Papers: Judiciary.
  • 1990; Czechoslovakia – Committee on Revision of the Czechoslovak Constitution-Working Papers: Property Rights.
  • 1990; Czechoslovakia – Committee on Revision of the Czechoslovak Constitution-Working Papers: Separation of Powers.
  • 1990; Czechoslovakia – Conference on the Revision of the Czechoslovak Constitution (Salzburg and Prague) – correspondence; memoranda; A. E. Dick Howard: “Constitutionalism” (April 1990); handwritten notes.

 

Box 10

  • 1990, November 8-10; Czechoslovakia – Bill of Rights Conference at Bratislava [as a part of Committee on Revision of the Czechoslovak Constitution] – correspondence and comments on revision of draft of Bill of Rights by Prof. Howard and Herman Schwarts; handwritten notes.
  • 1990, November 11; Czechoslovakia – Working Meeting of Foreign and Czechoslovak Experts on Constitution and Crisis Management, Prague
  • 1990; Czechoslovakia – Invitation to Czech president Vaclav Havel to be keynote speaker at “The Global Impact of the U.S. Bill of Rights” event – correspondence
  • 1991, Jun 4-8; Czechoslovakia – Workshop on Anglo-American Liberty, Constitutionalism and Free Government: The Federalist Papers, Moravia, Czechoslovakia – correspondence
  • 1991, Jun. 22-24; Czechoslovakia – “Constitutional Preconditions for Economic Reform and a Market Structure in Czechoslovakia” conference at Bratislava, Czechoslovakia –correspondence; list of participants; program schedule; handwritten notes.
  • 1991; Czechoslovakia – Draft of the State Treaty between the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic proposed by the Christian-Democratic Movement – notes on the draft; memorandum to officials of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republics.
  • 1990; Czechoslovakia – Civic Forum; “The First Draft of the New Constitution” proposed by Civic Forum to the Czechoslovak Public and Constitutional Organs of the Republic (1990); notes.
  • 1990; Czechoslovakia – Constitutional Act; “Constitution of the Czech Republic: First Working Draft” translated by Slavoŝ Kadečka (15 July 1990); “Constitution of the Slovak Republic: First Working Draft” translated by Ivo Dvoŕák (1990); “Czech Constitution: July 15, 1990”; “Resolution of the Federal Assembly No. 75 on the Draft of the Constitutional Act amending the Constitutional Act No. 143/1968 on Czechoslovak Federation” (12 December 1990); “Federal Assembly of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic 372” draft by the President of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic (15 December 1990)
  • 1990-1991; Czechoslovakia – Constitutional Act (2): “Federal Assembly of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic 373” Draft by the President of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic (15 December 1990); President Vaclav Havel “Report on the Draft of the Law on Constitutional Court” (10 December 1990); The Federal Assembly of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic: The Bill of the Election to the Federal Assembly (1990); “Draft of the Constitutional Law Amending the Constitutional law No. 143/1968 on Czechoslovak Federation” The Slovak National Council, 9th Election Period, 1990;  Constitutional Act of January 9, 1991 instituting the  Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms as a Constitutional Act of the Federal Assembly of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic; Constitutional Act of February 27, 1991, concerning the Constitutional Court of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic; “Draft Constitution of the Slovak Republic” (unofficial translation from Slovak for the purposes of the Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic) [June 1991]; “Slovak Constitution 1990 Draft-Slovak Republic (SR)”; “Constitution of Czech and Slovak Federal Republic: Working Draft” (August 1991); “Constitution of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic (CSFR) Working Draft (August, 1991); Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms”; “Declaration on the Occasion of the 72nd Anniversary of the Foundation of the Czechoslovak Republic”; In the Constitutional Court of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic: In the Matter of the Constitutionality of Act No. 451/1991) (Screening Law),” memorandum of the applicability of international agreements (undated)
  • 1991; Czechoslovakia – “Decree of the Government of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic of 5 September 1991, concerning the issuance and use of investment coupons” translated by Eric S. Best.
  • 2007, March 6; Czechoslovakia – “How Constitutional Ideas Travel”, lecture given by Prof. Howard at Charles University of Prague – correspondence; “The Czech Legal System in European Context” Charles University in Prague, faculty list, map.
  • 2007, March 8-9; Czechoslovakia – “Thomas Jefferson’s Separation of Religion and State” conference at the Archbishop’s Palace, Prague: correspondence.

 

Box 11

  • 1990-1991; Czechoslovakia miscellaneous printed materials: “The Road to Prosperity” The Civic Democratic Party (undated); “Cesta K Prosperitĕ” Občanská Demokratická Strana (undated); Klause, Václava: “Polemika ohlednĕ reformní strategie” 1991; Dufek, Jaromír and Válka, Moroslav: “Peace or Genuine Agreement?: No Battle was Waged Yesterday at Austerlitz” (undated); “Zprávy pracovní skupiny ‘vymezení’-anotace” [annotation to the report of the working group]; newspaper clipping; American flag handout reading: “Násteva George Bushe v Praze, 17. Listopadu 1990”; card
  • Czechoslovakia – Tullock, Gordon: “Efficient Federalism” (October 1991).
  • Czechoslovakia – Futej, Daniel: “Some Legal Aspects of Foreign Investment in Czechoslovakia”, University of Virginia School Law (student paper)
  • Czechoslovakia – Thro, William E.: “At this Grave Moment: Czechoslovakia’s Constitutional Heritage and the Proposed New Democratic Constitution” (circa 1990)

Estonia

  • 1992-1993; Estonia – correspondence and documents. Constitution (unofficial translation) (1991); “Easti Vabariigi Põhiseadus [Estonian Constitution]” (1992); “Russians in Estonia: Problems and Prospects,” a report prepared by the Staff of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (September 1992); Comments on the Proposed Constitution of Estonia by Barnabas Johnson and Lowry Wyman, Summary (9 February 1992); The Enterprise Law of the Estonian Soviet Republic; Law of Enterprise in the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic Regulation (1990); “Law on Aliens: Unofficial Translation,” version adopted by the Riigikogu subject to proclamation by the President of the Republic” (1993) and other printed materials.

Hungary

  • 1992, 1994, 1998-1999; 2007; Hungary – miscellaneous correspondence; including email correspondence regarding “How Constitutional Ideas Travel”, lecture given by Prof. Howard at the Institute for Legal Studies of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (13 March 2007).
  • 1989, Feb.; Hungarian Delegation Visit to University of Virginia, as a part of USIA “The American Constitution: A Hungarian One-Country Group Project” – correspondence, handwritten notes; tentative schedule; participants’ list; USIA: “The American Constitution: A Hungarian One-Country Group Project” (6 February – 6 March 1989)
  • 1989, Apr. 25-28; International Scientific Conference on the Institutional Guarantees of the Safeguarding of Constitutionalism (Budapest) – correspondence; schedule; list of participants; Howard’s handwritten notes. Includes Minister of Justice Kálmán Kulcsár paper on “Reform efforts in Hungary, 1988”, “The Constitution of the Republic of Hungary (in a uniform structure of Act XX of 1949 and its amendments)”
  • 1989; Howard, A.E. Dick. “The Safeguards of Constitutionalism” [paper presented at the “Institutional Guarantees of the Safeguarding of Constitutionalism”, Budapest, Hungary, April 1989]: conference papers, handwritten notes, Hungarian translations of paper and synopsis of Howard’s paper]

 

Box 12

  • 1989-1992; Hungarian Constitution – correspondence and memoranda.  Includes correspondence with Senator Daniel P. Moynihan, Representative Owen B. Pickett, scholars and Hungarian diplomats.
  • 1989, Nov. 5-8; Hungarian opposition leaders visit to Charlottesville, VA [as a part of the Visitor Program Service of Meridian House International and USIA] – correspondence; photo of Virginia Governor Douglas Wilder with Hungarian opposition leaders during their visit; USIA, United States  1-16 November 1989 conference program.
  • 1990, Apr. 11; [Hungary] – Student Legal Forum: “Emerging Constitutionalism in Eastern Europe”, talk given by Professor Gabor Hamza of Eotvos Lorand University (Budapest) at UVa Law School – correspondence; syllabus of Howard’s Jurisprudence class of April 11, 1990.
  • 1990, Jun. 12;  U.S. - Hungarian Military Legal Exchange – trip report on Exchange Visit to Hungary on April 1990. Department of the Army, Office of the Judge Advocate General.
  • 1990; Hungary – “Democracy and Constitution-Making in Eastern Europe,” conference in Budapest (11-13 October 1990) – correspondence and memoranda; program, report. Includes Howard, A.E. Dick. “The Road to Constitutionalism” and “Szinopszis Az Alkotmanyossaghoz Vezetö Ut,” Hungarian sypnosys of article.
  • 1990; Constitution of the Republic of Hungary – working papers and Howard’s handwritten notes.  Also  “The Constitution of the Republic of Hungary” (translation of the text published in the Magyar Kȍzlȍny, No. 84, August 24, 1990); “The Constitution of the Republic of Hungary: in a uniform structure of Act XX of 1949 and its amendments” (undated) and heavily annotated; “Act XXXII of 1989 on the Constitutional Court” (undated); “Act XL of 1990 on the Amendments of the Constitution of the Republic of Hungary”;  Oros, Paulina: “Toward Constitutionalism in Hungary” 1991
  • 1991, January 22-23; Hungary – visit of Dr. Peter Paczolai, Chief  Counselor, Constitutional Court, Hungary [as a part of his visiting program arranged by Visitor Program Service of Meridian House International, 5 January – 6 February 1991]. Correspondence; program schedule; handwritten notes.
  • 1991; Hungary – The U.S. Judicial System, Single Country Project for Hungary, U.S. Program – [Participants came to Charlottesville and took a two day seminar with Prof. Howard on Constitutional Issues, Prof. David O’Brien on The Structure and Mechanics of the U.S. Judicial System and Prof. Robert O’Neil on The State Judicial System]
  • 1991, April; Hungary – Text of speech given by Hungarian president Árpád Göncz at the University of Virginia, at the inauguration of “The Bill of Rights” program co-sponsored by the Virginia Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution and The Center for Democracy re the progress of Hungarian democracy.
  • 1991; Correspondence between Professor Howard and Dr. István Mészáros (Deputy Chairman of Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights, Minorities, and Religion) on the development of Hungary’s constitution. Included are some parliamentary reports and articles in Hungarian (1989).
  • 1992; “The Budapest International Consultation on Religious Liberty, Religious Rights, and Ethnic Identity” Journal of Church and State 34 (Summer 1992)


Box 13

  •  The Regulatory Concept of the New Constitution of the Hungarian People’s Republic (Ministry of Justice, Budapest, November 30, 1988).
  • Az Országgyülése [National Assembly Official Report]: No. 59 (17 October 1989); No. 60 (18 October 1989); Expose in the Parliament to the Amendment (17 October 1989) [by Kálmán Kulcsár, Minister of Justice]; Expose in the Parliament to the Amendment (18 October 1989).
  • Magyar Kȍztársaság Alkotmánybírósága [Constitutional Court of the Hungarian Republic]: Translations of “Act II of 1989 on the Right of Combination”; “Act No. XXXII of 1989 on the Constitutional Court”; “Act No. XXXIII of 1989 on Operation and Economic Activity of the Parties”.
  • 1989-1990; Magyar Közlöny [Hungarian Gazette], Budapest, 26 May 1989; Oct. 23, 1989; 1 March 1990; 16 May 1990; 25 June 1990; 11 July 1990; 24 August 1990
  • 1989: Hungarian Constitutional Court: Act II of 1989 on the Right of Combination; Act XXXII of 1989 on the Constitutional Court; Act XXXIII of 1989 on Operation and Economic Activity of the Parties.
  • 1990-1995; Hungarian Constitutional Court Decisions: No. 2/1990. (II. 18.) AB Resolution; No.8/1990 (IV.23) AB on the invalidation of sentence 2 in para 15 (2) of Law II 1967 on the Labour Code; No. 21/1990 (X.4) AB on the interpretation of Article 70/A of the Constitution; No. 23/1990 (X. 31.) AB on the unconstitutionality of capital punishment (24 October 1990); No. 48/1991 (IX. 26.) AB; No. 2/1993 (I. 22.) AB Resolution; No. 53/1993 (X. 13.) AB Resolution; No. 64/1993 (XII. 22) AB Resolution; No. 28/1994 (May 20); No. 14/1995 (III. 13) AB Resolution.
  • Text of a Resolution Unanimously Passed by a Conference of Lawyers Organized by the International Commission of Jurists”, at The Hague on 2 March 1957 [photocopy]
  • Conference programs: “The U.S. Judicial System: Single Country Project for Hungary” (23 March – 24 April 1991) [Prof. Howard is the host for the visit of Hungarian participants at UVa from Mar. 31-Apr. 2, 1991];
  • 1991-1993; Articles. István Kovács. “From the Constitutional Law Council to the Constitutional Court,” Budapest (April 1989); Palmer, Mark: “U.S. and Western Policy-New Opportunities for Action”. An East-West Forum Publication (April 1989), reprinted from Kulcsár, Kálmán: “Central and Eastern Europe: The Opening Curtain?”; “The Place of the Constitution in the Process of Political Transformation” (undated);  “Constitutional state, constitutionalism, human rights in the transformation of the Hungarian political system” (undated); Howard’s notes on Kulcsár; Sólyom, László: “First Year of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Hungary” (undated); CSCE: “Human Rights and Democratization in Hungary,” Washington, D.C. (December 1993); Dr. Géza Kilényi: “The guarantees of organization of the safeguarding of constitutionalism in the different countries”, International comparison (undated); Sajo, Andras: “Compensation or Reprivatization: Dilemmas of the Hungarian Constitutional Court, Constitutional Revolutions in Eastern Europe”, Center for the Study of Constitutionalism in Eastern Europe, University of Chicago (18-20 October 1991); Working Paper No 1: “The New Political Profile of Hungary”, Public Policy Institute, Budapest (February 1991).
  • 1989; Newspaper clippings from Daily News of the Hungarian News Agency MTI/Budapest and  pamphlets
  • 1989; Hungarian printed materials: Declaration of Political Programme: Chronology. Federation of Young Democrats (FIDESZ), Budapest, 1989; FIDESZ News: English Language Journal of FIDESZ, Volume 1, no. 1, Budapest, Hungary, 1989; Chronology 1989 January-September and The speech of Viktor Orbän on June 16; Hiàny (April 7, 1989)
  • Felton, J. A: “Constitutional Development in Hungary”. Independent Research Project (undated).

 

Box 14

Latvia

  • 1990, 1992; Latvia – documents. Fall, Ibrahima. “Summary of the Report on a Fact-Finding Mission to Latvia” (1992); Kalnins, Ojars : “An Analysis of the December 1992 LIFE Magazine article, ‘Soon They Will Come for Us”,  Republic of Latvia Embassy  (1992); “Declaration of the Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR on the Renewal of the Independence of the Republic of Latvia” (4 May 1990); Bite, Vita: “Latvia: Basic Facts” CRS Report for Congress (Sept. 2, 1992); CEELI: Analysis of the Law on the Press in the Republic of Latvia (6 June 1994)

Lithuania

  • 1992- 1993; Lithuania Constitution – ABA CEELI - correspondence, memoranda, documents.  “Analysis of the Draft Basic Principles of the Constitution of Lithuania (January 1992); Howard’s “Comments on the Basic Principles of the Constitution of Lithuania” (January 1992); Comments of Judge Richard L. Nygaard (USCA 3rd Cir.), Ronald D. Rotunda (College of Law, University of Illinois), Judge Walter Jay Skinner, Mark S. Ellis (Law School, University of Chicago); notes on the Follow-Up Worskshop on Draft (March 1992);  Comments by A.E. Dick Howard on Proposed Amendments (April 1993) to the Constitution of Lithuania” (27 May 1993); “The Draft Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania” (2 folders)

Macedonia

  • 1991, 1994; Macedonia – “Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia” (1991); ABA – CEELI Analysis of the Law on the Government in the Republic of Macedonia (19 May 1994)

Moldova

  • 2003; Moldova – correspondence; “Draft of the Constitution of the Republic of Moldova”; trip report of Justice Robert F. Utter (ret.); Howard’s handwritten notes.

 

Box 15

Poland

  • 1986-1999; Poland – correspondence with Polish scholar Janusz Justynski and other scholars and students. Działocha, Kazimierz and Leonard Łukaszuk: “Principal trends of changes in the Constitution in Poland,” thesis of the address at the International Scientific Conference in Budapest (April 1989) and “Democracy through the Law: The Main Changes in the Republic of Poland and the Activity of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal” Warsaw (1990); Howard’s handwritten notes (2 folders)
  • 1989, Apr. 10-12; Conference on Constitutionalism and Human Rights in Poland, France, and America sponsored by the Rosenstiel Foundation and the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia (Charlottesville) – correspondence and conference materials including Izdebski, Hubert: “Constitutional Development in France and Poland since 1791: A Comparison”; Howard, A.E. Dick. “The Essence of Constitutionalism”, preliminary draft; handwritten notes, correspondence (2 folders)
  • 1990, May 9; Emergency Committee for Aid to Poland Report of the 4th Meeting of Private Voluntary Organizations
  • 1990, May 30-June 2; International Conference on the Transition to Democracy in Contemporary Europe, organized by the Senate of Poland, the Center for Democracy, and the Furth Foundation (Warsaw, Poland) – correspondence and statement by Mr. Joern Stegen, Deputy Secretary to the Committee of Ministers, the Council of Europe representative; conference agenda; briefing packet; report; photo of participants [in Special Collections photograph collection]; handwritten notes.

 

Box 16

  • 1992, Nov. 23-24; Conference on Transition to Democracy in Poland, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford University – correspondence and comments on constitution making and constitutionalism in Poland from Justice Janina Zakrzewska, Constitutional Court, Poland; Howard’s paper “Constitutional Reform in Poland”; conference agenda; handwritten notes
  • 1985-1993; Polish Constitutions – drafts and published. Konstytucja Polskiej Rzeczypospolitej Ludowej: Uchwalon przez Sejm Ustawodawczy w dniu 22 lipca 1952 r. Warsawa, Publikowany Konstytucji PRL (1976); “Draft of the New Constitution of the Republic of Poland,” Constitutional Committee of SEJM (undated); “Drugie Sprawozdanie Rzecznika Praw obywatelskich: 1 XII 1988 – 30 XI 1989”; “Act of April 7, 1989, on the amendment to the Constitution of the Polish People’s Republic”; “Uchwała Senatu Polskiej Rzeczypospolitej Judowej z dnia 7 grudnia 1989r w sprawie powołania Komisji Konstytucyjnej”; “The Commissioner for Citizen’s Rights Act of 15th July 1987”; “The Constitution of the Polish People’s Republic Updated to January 1 1985, Unofficial Translation” (1 January 1985); Kancelaria Sejmu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej Biuro Prawne: Konstytucja Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (według stanu na dzień 1 stycznia 1990 r.) Warsawa (1990); The Constitutional Act of 17th October, 1992 with Constitutional Provisions Continued in Force, Warsaw, The Sejm Publishing Office, 1993; “Fundamental Principles of the 5/31/1991 Draft Constitution of Poland”; Chancellery of the Sejm, Office of International Relations: “Polish Parliament: Basic Information,” Warsaw, Poland (14 February 1990)
  • 1988-1990; Poland – Commissioner for Civil Rights Protection documents: Commissioner for Civil Rights Protection Annual Report 1988,Warsawa, Biuro (1989); “The Commissioner’s Speech Made at the 24th Session of the Sejm on 24th March 1990”; “Informacja: Biura Rzechznika Praw Obywatelskich za okres od 1-30 marca 1990 r, Nr. 3”; “Individual Cases Selection, April-July 1989” (RPO/32839/88/1); “Individual Cases -Selection, April – July1989”; “Individual Cases – Selection,  August-October 1989” (RPO/33114/88/1)
  • 1989-1991; Poland – articles re constitutionalism, human rights, government in Poland:
      • Działocha, Kazimierz & Stanislaw Pawela: Modifications in the Scope of Powers of the Constitutional Tribunal (De Lege Lata And De Lege Ferenda), State and Law 64, no. 11 (Nov. 1989)
      • Falandysz, Lech: “The Interests of Power and Human Rights in Penal Law of the Polish People’s Republic,” University of Warsaw (undated)
      • Garlicki, Leszek: “The Influence of American Constitutional Ideas on the Development of Constitutionalism in Poland and Eastern Europe” (undated)
      • Kański, Lesław: “Human Rights in Poland from a Historical and Comparative Perspective” (undated)
      • Kojder, Andrzej: "Dysfunctionalities of Legal Culture: Poland’s Experience," Stuttgart, Franz Steiner Verlag, 1991
      • Kolodziejczyk, Leszek: “L’Opinion Publique Francaise Face A La Constitution Polonaise Du 3 Mai 1791,” Institut d’Histoire de la Révolution Française (undated)
      • Łętowski, Janusz: “Reforms and Attempts at Modernization of Administration in Poland,” Warsaw, Poland (1990)
      • Łętowski, Janusz: “The Judge’s Position in the Modern System of Government,” Warsaw, Poland (undated)
      • Ludwikowski, Rett R.: “The Main Principles of the May 3, 1791 Polish Constitution in a Comparative Perspective,” Catholic University of America (undated)
      • Malec, Jan: “Crucial Problems of Carrying out of Imprisonment Penalty in Poland: Against a Background of Complaints to Commissioner for Citizens Rights) (undated)
      • Malec, Jan: “Observance of Rights of Persons Detained in Citizen’s Militia Custody” (1989)
      • Szubert, Wacław: “Reflections on Labour Law Models,” State and Law 64, no. 10. (Oct. 1989)
      • Sabbat-Swidlicka, Anna: Poland: The End of Solidarity Era  RFE/RL  3 (7 January 1994)
      • Seidler, G.L.: Parliamentary Versus Constitutional Responsibility, State and Law 64, no. 12 (Dec. 1989)
      • U. Drobnig: “The Changing Role of Comparison between West and East European Laws” (undated)
      • Senate in Poland (undated)
      • Lojko, Elżbieta: “The Role of Local Self-Government in Post-Communist Poland”, Paper  1991
      • Cywiński, Zbigniew & Wieslaw Staśkiewicz: “The Influence of Legal Ideologies on Attitudes towards Law: Experience of Soviet Russia” (Draft), University of Warsaw, Faculty of Law, Department of Sociology and Law, 1991
      • “Constitutional Revolutions in Eastern Europe” Center for the Study of Constitutionalism in Eastern Europe, University of Chicago (Oct. 18-20, 1991)
      • Brzezinski, Mark: “The Blossoming of Judicial Review in Eastern Europe: The Case of Poland” (15 July 1992)
      • Reisky de Dubnic, Vladimir: “Stanislaw August Poniatowski, The Polish Constitution of 1791, and the American Connection,” a paper to be presented at the Warsaw University Conference on European and American Constitutionalism of the 18th Century (20-22 May 1987)
      • Gobethner, Stanisław. “The System of Government of the Republic of Poland According to the Constitutional Act of October 17, 1992” (undated)
      • New Constitution – the First Approach, An Interview with Bronislaw Geremek for Rzeczpospolita (July 2, 1990); Transcript of Mac Neil/Lehrer Newshour with Wojciech Jaruzelski, President of Poland, New York (18 September 1989) (2 folders)
  • 1990-1993; Polish printed materials: Zmiany W Konstytucji Społeczne Reakcje I Odczucia, ["Changes in Social Constitution reactions and feelings”] Centrum Badania oinii Społecznej (1990); Jaskiernia, Jerzy: Zasada pluralizmu politycznego w projektach nowej konstytucji RP: The Principle of political pluralism in drafts of a constitution of the Republic of Poland, Państwo I Prawo, Warsawa, Październik (1991); Jaskiernia, Jerzy: “Poszukiwanie modelu przyszłego ustroju RP” [Searching for a model of the future system of the Republic of Poland] Dziś przeglad społeczny, Lipiec (1991); Jaskiernia, Jerzy: Równość praw wyborczych a ochroma mniejszości w USA: Equal electoral rights and the protection of minorities in the USA,  Państwo I Prawo 68 (1993); “Po Pierwsze Gospodarka Jaka Polska po 19 wrzesnia 1993 roku?” Unia Demokratyczna; Mała konstytucja: ile komu władzy, Rzeczpospolita (1992); Znad Wilii Dwutygodnik Rok II, nr.11, nr.12 (1990); Gazeta International nie ma wolności bez Solidarnosci (24 May 1990); The Warsaw Voice (27 May 1990)

 

Box 17

  • 1990-1993; Poland – UVa Law School Jurisprudence class. Recommended reading materials from Mark Brzezinski on Polish constitutionalism – correspondence.  Brzezinski: “An analysis of the constitutional tradition of Poland, of the collision in Poland between totalitarianism and constitutionalism, and of the likely shape of Poland’s renewed constitutional framework” (undated); Frankowski, Stanislaw: An Examination of the Unity and Diversity of the Socialist System, 61 Tulane Law Review (June 1987); “Making Freedom,” The Solidarity Trade Union (31 August 1989); Ostrowski, Krzysztof: “Decline in Power and its Effects on Democratization: The Case of the polish United Workers Party,” paper submitted to Conference on Democratization and Institution Building in Europe: Opportunities for Multilateral Cooperation. The Institute for East-West Security Studies (Warsaw, Poland) (Mar. 1-3, 1990); Lamentowicz, Wojtek “Political Culture and Institution Building: Democratic Evolution at Work,” paper submitted to Conference on Democratization and Institution Building in Europe: Opportunities for Multilateral Cooperation. The Institute for East-West Security Studies (Warsaw, Poland) (Mar. 1-3, 1990); “Survey of ‘Freedom of Expression’ Provision” (May 1993); “Survey of Means of Protection of Rights and Freedoms” (May 1993).
  • Polish pins: “Unia Demokratyczna” and pamphlets: Stolarski, Mieczyslaw, ed. Parliamentarism in Poland. Warsaw: Polish Agency Interpress.

Romania

  • 1990: Free Romania Fund Washington Chapter – Correspondence; Proposal for a Systematic, Regional Program of Eastern European Visiting Scholars.
  • 1990-1991, May 16-18; Free Romania Fund Washington Chapter – correspondence and working papers of meeting with the Romanian Parliament Committee on Drafting the Constitution;  “Theses for the Draft Constitution of Romania”; “Decree-Law for the Election of Romania’s Parliament and of Romania’s President,” Bucharest  (24 January 1990); “The Foreign Investment Law,” meeting agenda; Howard’s handwritten notes.
  • 1991, August 19-23; CEELI Technical Assistance Workshop on Romania’s Draft Constitution –correspondence and memoranda. Includes “Buletin Informativ Remarks against the Draft for the Constitution,” Lega Apararii Drepturilor Omului (July 1991); Fisher, Louis: “Comments on Draft Romanian Constitution” (18 August 1991); CEELI:  “Comparative Analysis of the Constitutional Courts of Selected European Countries,” (19 August 1991); Summary Report of Proceedings (19-23 August 1991); Ludwikowski, Rett R.: “Comments on the Draft of the Constitution of Romania” (undated); “Constituţia-cum va fi, aşa vom trăi,” România liberå (undated); workshop agenda; list of participants, Howard’s handwritten notes.
  • 1991: Romania – Constitution Drafting: “The Constitution of Romania (Draft)” (1991); “The Constitution of Romania” (1991);  Dumitrescu, Gabriel: “Comments to Theses for the Draft Constitution of Romania” (Feb. 11, 1991); Gionea, Vasile: “Quelques Aspects Concernant la Formation de la Propriété en Transylvanie Dans la Période du Moyen-Âge.” Bucarest: Tirage à part (1979); Gionea, Vasile: “Le Déclin des Communautés Rurales dans les Principautés Roumaines” Paris, Dessain Et Tolra (1986); Gionea, Vasile: “Les Causes de Principales Révolutions en Transylvanie et les Réglementations Qui Ont Suivie (du XV-e au XIX-e siècle).” Bucarest: (1986-1987); Gionea, Vasile. “L’organisation et la réglementation du travail sur le territoire de la Dacie”, Bucarest, (1989); Gionea, Vasile: “Continuité et transformations des rapports entre la forme du gouvernement et l’ordre juridique en Roumanie (1859-1944)”, Bucarest, (1990); Gionea, Vasile: “Bibliographie Juridique: Droit civil, droit économique, droit du travail, l’histoire du droit, comptes-rendus, varia (1942-1946, 1966-1990),” Bucarest (1990); “Titlul I. Principii Fundamentale” [tentative draft, May 15, 1991, rapporteur: Prof. Ioan Delenau]; “Titlul II. Drepturile, libertăţile şi îndatoririle fundamentale ale cetăţenilor” [tentative draft of 15 May 1991, rapporteurs: Prof. Ioan Muraru and Prof. Mihai Constantinescu]; Fundamental Principals of the 12/23/1991 Draft Constitution of Romania; Howard’s handwritten notes.

 

Box 18

  • 1990; Romania – “Report on the Romanian Campaign for President and Parliament,” prepared by the International Human Rights Law Group April Delegation to Romania and the law firm of Covington & Burling (May 9, 1990)
  • 1991; Romania – “Constitutional Revolutions in Eastern Europe” Center for the Study of Constitutionalism in Eastern Europe, University of Chicago (Oct. 18-20, 1991): Romania.
  • 1991; Romania – ABA - CEELI: “Judicial Restructuring in Romania: A Summary Report,” Bucharest, Romania (12-19 April 1991); “Comments on Romania’s Proposed Legislation on Organization of the Judiciary” (19 June 1991); “A Review of the Draft Law on the Election of Local and County Councils in Romania,” prepared by the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs and the American Bar Association’s Central and East European Law Initiative (undated); “Draft Law on the Election of Local and County Councils” (undated).
  • 1991;  Romania – The Democratic Union of Roma-Gypsies in Romania, The Ethnic Federation of Roma, Nicolae Gheorghe: “Escalation of Racial Violence against Roma in Romania,” Statement for the International Conference on Ethnic Conflict Resolution under Rule of Law organized by the United States Institute of Peace (12-14 June 1991).
  • Photographs
  • E. Dick Howard with members of Committee on Drafting the Constitution of Romania. Romanian Parliament Senate (May 1991). [Moved to photograph collection]

Russia

  • 1993-1994; Russia – correspondence, comments, memoranda, testimonies, reports. Howard’s memorandum to Oleg G. Rumyantsev (Secretary of the Constitutional Commission) (3 December 1990); “Constitution of the Russian Federation (Draft)” (21 February 1991); Provisional Draft of Federal Constitutional Law of the Russian Federation on the Russian Federation Constitutional Court” (undated); “Report on the April 25, 1993, Referendum in Russia,” a report by the Staff of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (May 12, 1993); “Draft Constitution (Basic Law) of the Russian Federation”; Brzezinski, Mark F.: “Toward “Constitutionalism” in Russia: The Russian Constitutional Court” The International and Comparative Law Quarterly 42 (1993); Committee on Foreign Affairs: U.S. Stake in a Democratic Russia: testimonies of Dr. Paula J. Dobriansky, James H. Billington, Peter Reddaway (24 March 1993);  CSCE: “Russia’s Parliamentary Election and Constitutional Referendum,” (12 December 1993); Schwarzer, William W. “Civil and Human Rights and the Courts under the New Constitution of the Russian Federation” (undated); copy of Howard’s handwritten notes (2 folders)

Serbia

  • 1990, 1992; Serbia – documents. “Transcript of Mac Neil/Lehrer Newshour Show #4470,” [History of Unrest in former Yugoslavia] (Oct. 6, 1992); “Peace With Justice,” transcript of a speech given by the Prime Minister, the Rt Hon John Major, MP, at the opening of the London Conference on the former Yugoslavia territories on Wednesday, 26 August, 1992;  Milosavljevié, Boško, Margot Milosavljevié , and Dr. Durica Krstié. The Constitution of the Republic of Serbia. Belgrade: The Secretariat for Information of the Republic of Serbia, 1990.

Slovakia

  • 1992-1997; Slovakia – correspondence and documents. The Constitution of the Slovak Republic (1992); “Slovakia Constitutional Court,” (May 1 - August 31, 1994); “Slovakia Constitutional Court,” (January 1 – April 30, 1995); “Human Rights and Democratization in Slovakia,” prepared by the Staff of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (September 1997)

 

Box 19

Soviet Union

  • 1990; Soviet Rule of Law Project – USSR Rule of Law Seminar sponsored by the Department of State – Correspondence and memoranda with Department of State and Department of Justice officials, Prof. John Norton Moore, Prof. Paul Stephan.  Howard, Dick A.E. “Constitutionalism” and “Federalism” [papers and synopsis presented at the seminar, March 1990]; Moore, John N. “The Rule of Law: An Overview” [paper presented at the seminar]; seminar schedule; handwritten notes; support materials for the Soviet and American participants; Welcome to the Soviet Union packet from the American Embassy, Moscow, USSR to the participants of the conference  (3 folders)
  • 1990; Conference on Legal Aspects of Recent Developments in the USSR and Eastern Europe, (Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law, Columbia University, 2-3 March 1990); papers presented by Madl, F.: “New Forms of Foreign Trade and Investments in Hungary”; Sołtysiński, Stainisław: “Poland’s Legal Framework for the Transition from Socialism to the Competitive Economy: Privatization and Competition Rules”; Hazard, John N. “Constitutional Developments in the USSR.”
  • 1990-1992; Correspondence and memoranda re Soviet Union. Includes correspondence with scholars and UVA law students; some correspondence with Prof. John Norton Moore; Howard’s notes for "Briefing for Senior Editors, Voice of America" (13 April 13 1990); Memorandum re Position of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints regarding Religious Liberty, Pluralism, and the Draft Law of the USSR on Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations (September 18, 1990); “Draft Constitution of the Russian Federation”; “Soviet Informal Groups: A Study and Analysis of Group History, Categorization, and Political Dynamics”; 1991 Soviet-American Inter-Parliamentary Exchange: Report on Conference Proceedings and Exchange Activities,” Soviet-American Center for Constitutional Democracy. Institute of Social Sciences, Moscow, USSR (  7-11 January 1991); Law of the Russian Soviet Federation Socialist Republic on the President of the RSFSR, The House of Council of the RSFSR, Moscow (24 April 1991)  (2 folders)

 

Box 20 -21

  • 1990, Nov. 30; Joint Symposium on the Russian Constitution (Washington, D.C) Telecast -  Correspondence regarding the symposium and “Draft Constitution of the Russian Federation, 1990,” drafted by a working group a of experts of the RSFSR Constitutional Commission, with parallel sections and alternate choices; Howard’s handwritten notes
  • undated, 1992; Manifesto of the Green Party of Ukraine [ca. 1990-1992]; Constitution of Ukraine. Draft prepared by the working group of the Constitutional Commission of the Parliament of Ukraine. Kiev, Ukraine. (Jan. 1992).
  • 1993; Russian Religions Law Drafters (Meeting in Charlottesville, Va.) - Howard’s handwritten notes
  • 1988; Course Syllabus: History, Theory and Practice of Human Rights. Syllabus devised by Department of Human Rights of the All-Union Legal Institute. Responsible Editor-Professor B.L. Nazarov, (Moscow, 1988)
  • 1990, undated; Russian printed materials: чеповек и закон ежемесячный научно-популрный журнал министерства юстиции ссср, No. 1 (229) 1991 [Ministers of Justice of the USSR and the United States first meeting. Chepovek and Law, Moscow, USSR Ministry of Justice, 1991); programs and postal stamps.

Ukraine

  • 1993 – 1996; Correspondence; International Symposium on the Draft Constitution of Ukraine, Kiev (20-22 June, 1993: submissions of the constitution.

Yugoslavia

  • 1991-1992; Revolutions in Eastern Europe”, Center for the Study of Constitutionalism in Eastern Europe, University of Chicago, The Law School (18 - 20 October 1991) :Yugoslavia; some correspondence

Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe [CSCE] Files

  • 1991, 1995; CSCE – general correspondence and memoranda
  • 1991-1993; Fourth CSCE Follow-Up Meeting –  correspondence and memoranda; Howard’s report on his activities as member of the  U.S. Delegation at the Fourth CSCE Follow-Up Meeting, Helsinki (June 1992); statement, remarks and “Constitutions and Constitutionalism in Central and Eastern Europe;" handwritten notes; some printed materials related to the meeting.
  • 1991, Jul. 1-19; CSCE Meeting of Experts on National Minorities (Geneva) – Howard’s paper: “Race, nationality, and ethnicity in American Law” (July 1991) and personal notes.

 

Box 21

  • 1990-1991; CSCE documents re protection of minorities – Proposal for a European Convention for the Protection of Minorities CDL (91)7 (8 February 1991); The Rights of Minorities, Case Law of the European Commission and Court of Human Rights, Memorandum prepared by the European Commission of Human Rights ( 31 January 1992) ; CSCE Report “Equality and non-discrimination: minority rights”, presented by Mr Gudmundur Alfredsson, Officer, Centre for Human Rights of the United Nations, 1990; CSCE Report on the rights on minorities (Rapporteur: Mr. Brincat, Malta, Socialist) (24 September 1990)
  • 1990, June 5-27; Conference on the Human Dimension, Copenhagen CSCE/CHDC.1-43. The following documents that have been digitized and are available upon request.
        • CSCE/CHDC.1 Proposal Submitted by the Delegations of Austria, Cyprus, Finland, Liechtenstein, Malta, San Marino, Sweden, Switzerland, and Yugoslavia 6/5/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.2 Proposal Submitted by the Delegations of the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and Canada on Free and Fair Elections 6/5/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.3 Proposal Submitted by the Delegation of Canada (Addition of Rapporteurs to the Human Dimension Mechanism) 6/5/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.4/Rev.1 Proposal Submitted by the Delegations of Canada, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Italy and Sponsored by the Delegations of Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Norway (Elimination of Hate Propaganda) 6/14/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.5 Proposal Submitted by the Delegations of Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Italy and Yugoslavia on National Minorities 6/5/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.6 Proposal Submitted by the Delegation of Romania (Declaration on the rights of persons belonging to ethnic, national or religious minorities and on the protection of their identity) 6/5/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.7 Proposal Submitted by the Delegation of Romania (Common approach to issues concerning ethnic minorities) 6/5/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.8 Proposal Submitted by the Delegation of Denmark on the Establishment of a Committee on the Human Dimension of the CSCE 6/6/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.9 Proposal Submitted by the Delegation of Canada (Co-operation in the development of democratic institutions) 6/6/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.10 Proposal Submitted by the Delegations of Yugoslavia, Poland and Turkey (Human dimension of the CSCE and protection of the rights of migrant workers) 6/6/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.11 Proposal Submitted by the Delegations of Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany and the Netherlands on Minorities 6/7/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.12 Proposal Submitted by the Delegations of the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic 6/7/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.13 Proposal Submitted by the Delegations of Austria, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden (Abolition of the death penalty) 6/8/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.14/Rev.1 Proposal Submitted by the Delegation of Canada and those of Denmark, Iceland, Ireland, and San Marino (Right of everyone to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country) 6/13/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.15 Proposal Submitted by the Delegation of Canada and Those of Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland (The right to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms) 6/8/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.16 Proposal Submitted by the Delegation of Ireland, in the Name of the Twelve Participating States Members of the European Community, and the Delegations of Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Finland, German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Norway, Poland, Romania, San Marino, Turkey, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Yugoslavia 6/8/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.17/Rev.1 Proposal Submitted by the Delegation of Bulgaria and Those of Denmark, the German Democratic Republic and the United Kingdom 6/22/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.18 Proposal Submitted by the Delegation of Portugal and those of Belgium, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, France, the German Democratic Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Romania, San Marino, Spain and Switzerland (Abolition of the death penalty) 6/13/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.19 Proposal Submitted by the Delegation of Norway (Expert meeting on democratic institutions) 6/13/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.20 Proposal Submitted by the Delegations of Poland, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Yugoslavia 6/13/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.21 Proposal Submitted by the Delegation of Norway (Strengthening of independent national institutions in the area of human rights and the rule of law) 6/13/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.22 Proposal Submitted by the Delegations of Spain and Portugal (Nationalities and national minorities) 6/14/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.23 Proposal Submitted by the Delegations of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg and those of Portugal, San Marino and Yugoslavia on Strengthening the Implementation of Commitments in the Human Dimension of the CSCE 6/14/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.24 Proposal Submitted by the Delegations of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg and those of Canada, Czechoslovakia, Portugal, San Marino and Yugoslavia on Limitations on the Application of the State Emergency 6/14/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.25 Proposal Submitted by the Delegation of Switzerland and the Delegations of Finland, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Sweden, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United Kingdom for an Extraordinary CSCE Meeting on National Minorities in 1991 6/14/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.26 Proposal Submitted by the Delegation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 6/14/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.27 Proposal Submitted by the Delegations of France and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and those of Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Poland, Romania, San Marino, and Yugoslavia 6/20/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.28   Proposal Submitted by the Delegation of Sweden for a CSCE Representative on National Minorities 6/14/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.29 Proposal Submitted by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Meeting of experts on consular matters) 6/15/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.30 Proposal Submitted by the Delegations of Ireland, on behalf of the Twelve Participating States, Members of the European Community, Czechoslovakia, Finland, Norway, Poland, San Marino and Yugoslavia (Transfer of Sentenced Persons) 6/15/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.31 Proposal Submitted by the Delegation of Ireland, on behalf of the Twelve Participating States Members of the European Community, and the Delegations of Bulgaria, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Finland, the German Democratic Republic, Poland, San Marino, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Rights of the child) 6/15/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.32   Proposal Submitted by the Delegation of Ireland, on behalf of the Twelve Participating States Members of the European Community, and the Delegations of Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, San Marino, Switzerland, Turkey, the union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and Yugoslavia on the Struggle Against Racism and Xenophobia 6/18/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.33   Proposal Submitted by the Delegation of Denmark and those of Czechoslovakia, San Marino and Yugoslavia (Criminal Proceedings) 6/18/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.34   Proposal Submitted by the Delegation of Greece (Convening of an Expert Meeting on Minorities) 6/19/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.35 Proposal Submitted by the Delegation of Czechoslovakia (Abolition of visas for young people) 6/19/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.36 Proposal Submitted by the Delegation of Czechoslovakia (Abolition of visas for journalists) 6/19/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.37 Proposal Submitted by the Delegation of Czechoslovakia (Multiple Visas) 6/19/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.38 Proposal Submitted by the Delegation of the German Democratic Republic on Social Security 6/19/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.39 Proposal Submitted by the Delegations of Belgium, Canada and France and those of Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom and Yugoslavia 6/19/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.40/Rev.1 Proposal Submitted by the Delegation of San Marino and those of Austria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Yugoslavia (Council of Europe) 6/27/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.41 Proposal Submitted by the Delegation of Cyprus Concerning Improvement of the Effectiveness of the Mechanism of the Human Dimension 6/22/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.42 Proposal Submitted by the Delegation of the United States of America on the Human Dimension Mechanism 6/27/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.43.1 Proposal Submitted by the Delegations of Austria, Finland, Hungary and Switzerland 6/27/1990
        • CSCE/CHDC.43.2 Document of the Copenhagen Meeting of the Conference on the Human Dimension of the CSCE 6/29/1990
        • The Paris Meeting of the Conference on the Human Dimension of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe May 30 - June 23, 1989 (A report prepared by the staff of the CSCE July 1989) 7/1/1989
        • The White House Office of the Press Secretary (Statement by the President) 6/29/1990
        • The Copenhagen Meeting of the Conference on the Human Dimension of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe 5 June - 29 June 1990 (A report prepared by the staff of the CSCE August 1990) 8/1/1990
        • Plenary Remarks by the Honorable Max M. Kampelman Head of the U.S. Delegation to the Copenhagen Meeting of the Conference of the Human Dimension Plenary 6/11/1990
        • Plenary Remarks by the Honorable Max M. Kampelman Head of the U.S. Delegation to the Copenhagen Meeting of the Conference on the Human Dimension Plenary, June 18, 1990
        • Plenary Remarks by the Honorable Max M. Kampelman Head of the U.S. Delegation to the Copenhagen Meeting of the Conference on the Human Dimension Plenary, June 22, 1990
        • Plenary Remarks by the Honorable Max. M. Kampelman Head of the U.S. Delegation to the Copenhagen Meeting of the Conference on the Human Dimension Plenary, June 29, 1990
        • Document of the Copenhagen Meeting of the Conference on the Human Dimension of the CSCE and the Rule of Law (undated)
        • The Copenhagen CSCE Meeting: a New Public Order for Europe (c. 1990)
        • Guidance for U.S. Participation at the CSCE Human Dimension Implementation Review Meeting, 9/27-10/15      
        • Document of the Moscow Meeting of the Conference on the Human Dimension of the CSCE, undated
  • 1991, Jul. 1-19; CSCE Meeting of Experts on National Minorities – correspondence, memoranda, proposals and documents (3 folders).  The following documents that have been digitized and are available upon request
        • Contribution of the Council of Europe to the CSCE Meeting of Experts on National Minorities. Speech by Catherine Lalumière, Secretary General, 7/1-2/1991
        • Introductory Statement by Head of the Albanian Delegation P. Pojani at the CSCE Meeting on National Minorities, Geneva, 7/1-19/1991
        • Statement by the Representative of Denmark Ambassador Martin Kofod, Agenda Item 2, Geneva, 7/1-19/1991
        • Opening Statement by H.E. Dr. Riza Turmen, Ambassador, Head of Turkish Delegation, Geneva, 1991
        • Intervención del Jefe de la Delegación Española en la Reunión de Expertos CSCE sobre las minorías nacionales, undated
        • Déclaration d’ouverture de S.E. Mgr Justo Mullor au nom de la Délégation du Saint-Siège, 7/1/1991
        • Address of Ambassador Traian Chebeleu, Head of the Delegation of Romania, 7/1/1991
        • Statement by Ambassador Kjartan Jóhannsson, Head of the Icelandic Delegation, 7/1/1991
        • Discours D'Overture de M. Werner Bauwens, Chef de la Delegation Belge, 7/1/1991
        • Opening Remarks in Plenary by Sir John Robson, Head of UK Delegation, undated
        • Statement of the Delegation of the Republic of Bulgaria at the Plenary Meeting, 7/1/1991
        • Speech by the Minister for Home Affairs of the Netherlands, Ms. C. I. Dales on behalf of the European Community and its Member States, 7/1/1991Opening Statement by Ambassador Vladislav Jovanovic, Head of Yugoslav Delegation, 7/1/1991
        • Speech of Federal Councillor René Felber, Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs [Switzerland], 7/1/1991
        • Plenary Remarks by Max M. Kampelman, Head of the U.S. Delegation, 7/1/1991
        • Statement delivered by Mr. Géza Entz, Head of the Hungarian Delegation, 7/2/1991
        • Statement by Ambassador Haakon B. Hjelde, Head of the Norwegian Delegation, 7/2/1991
        • Erklärun des Fürstentums Liechtenstein am KSZE Expertentreffen über nationale Minderheiten, 7/2/1991
        • Remarks by Ambassador Seppo Kauppila, Head of the Delegation of Finland, 7/2/1991
        • Discours D'Overture de Monsieur Bernard Dejean de la Batie, Chef de la Delegation Francaise, 7/2/1991
        • Statement of Mr. G. Tarazevitch, MP, Head of the USSR Delegation, Chairman of the Commission on Nationalities Policy and Inter-Ethnic Relations of the USSR Supreme Soviet, 7/2/1992 (Unofficial Translation)
        • Exposé du Chef de la delegation Suisse en séance plénière de la Réunion d’Experts sur le Minorités, undated
        • Eröffnungserklärung der Österreichischen Delegation Gesandte Dr. Edda Weiss in der Plenarsitzung des KSZE-Expertentreffens über nationale Minderheiten in Genf, 7/2/1991
        • Opening Statement by H. E. Ambassador Stefanos Stathatos, Head of the Greek Delegation, 7/2/1991
        • Statement by Ambassador Charles Vella (Agenda Item 2), Delegation of Malta, 7/2/1991
        • Intervention of the Delegation of Canada to the CSCE Experts Meeting on National Minorities, Mr. Philip Mackinnon, Head of the Delegation, 7/2/1991
        • Eröffnungserklärung des Vorsitzenden der Delegation der Republik Polen, Dr. Jan Barcz, Expertentreffen über nationale Minderheiten, Genf, 7/2/1991
        • Opening Statement by Dr. Jan Barcz, Head of the Polish Delegation, 7/2/1991 (translation)
        • Statement by the head of the delegation of the Federal Republic of Germany, undated (translation)
        • Statement of Dr. Garrido Serra head of the Delegation of Portugal, 7/2/1991
        • Intervento dell' Ambasciatore Francesco Mezzalama, Capo della Delegazione Italiana, 7/2/1991
        • Intervention de S. E. L'Ambassadeur Francesco Mezzalama Chef de la Delegation Italianne, 7/2/1991       
        • Intervention d'ouverture du chef de la delegation de la Republique Federative Tcheque et Slovaque ambassador Dr. Juraj Kralik, 7/2/1991
        • Statement by the Delegation of Ireland, 7/2/1991
        • Statement by Ambassador Lars Norberg, Delegation of Sweden, 7/2/1991
        • Intervention by Mr. Petter Wille, Delegation of Norway, undated
        • Text of the intervention by the Head of the Netherlands Delegation in Working Group A, 7/3/1991
        • Remarks by Mr. Peter Stenlund, representative of Finland, (Subsidiary Working Body A), 7/3/1991
        • Statement by Samuel G. Wise, U.S. Delegation, SWB-B [Subsidiary Working Body B], 7/4/1991
        • Statement by Mr. Mihail Ivanov, Presidential Advise on Ethnic Matters, Delegation of the Republic of Bulgaria (Subsidiary Working Body A), 7/4/1991
        • [Statement re minorities living in Turkey], undated
        • Remarks of Kenneth Blackwell, U.S. Representative to the United Commission on Human Rights, 7/4/1991
        • Statement of Mr. Jacek Czaputowicz, Delegation of Poland  (SWB "A"), 7/5/1991
        • Intervention de M. Kadri Cenko, Chargé d’ Affaires de la République d’ Albanie, 7/5/1991
        • Statement by William H. Hill, Deputy Head, U.S. Legislation Against Hate Crimes, 7/5/1991
        • [Russian Document] (subsidiary Working Body – A), 7/5/1991
        • Remarks of the delegation of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic at the meeting of the SWB A, 7/5/1991
        • Outline of the presentation given by Paul Widmer, Deputy of the Swiss Delegation.  Proposal by the N+N Countries on the Further Development of the Human Dimension Mechanism, 7/5/1991
        • Intervention by H.E. Mr. Riza Turmen, Ambassador , Head of the Turkish Delegation [Subsidiary Working Body B], 7/8/1991
        • Intervention of the Head of the delegation of the Netherlands Ambassador P. Buwalda, in SWG B, 7/8/1991
        • Statement by Prof. Zdzislaw Kedzia, member of the Polish Delegation (Plenary Session), 7/8/1991
        • Statement by Ambassador Max Kampelman, Head U.S. Delegation (Plenary Session), 7/8/1991
        • [Spanish document], Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, Conferencia sobre la Seguridad y Cooperación en Europa, untitled, undated
        • Right of Reply Ambassador Vladislav Jovanovic, Yugoslavia, 7/8/1991
        • Statement by Samuel G. Wise, U.S. Delegation, 7/9/1991
        • Statement delivered by Mr. Kalin Mitrev, Deputy Head of the Delegation of the Republic of Bulgaria (Subsidiary Working Body A), 7/10/1991
        • SWB A: Community Relations Policy in Northern Ireland, presentation by Mrs. Julie Mapstone, UK Delegation, 7/10/1991
        • SWB A: Exchange of views on practical experience, presentation by Mr. Phillips, Minority Rights Group, 7/10/1991
        • Statement delivered by Ambassador Traian Chebeleu, Head of the Delegation of Romania in the SWB C, 7/10/1991
        • Yugoslavia [ECOSOC\91-07-09.DOC 4], 7/10/1991
        • Introductory Statement on the Joint Hungarian-French Contribution on National Minorities by Mr. Geza Entz, Head of the Hungarian Delegation, 7/10/1991
        • Answer by the representative of the Council of Europe to the request for clarification formulated by Sweden, 7/9/1991
        • Erklärung des Leiters der Delegation der Bundesrepublik Deutschland Botschafter Dr. von Studnitz, 7/11/1991
        • Statement by the Representative of Denmark Ambassador Martin Kofod, Agenda Item 4a, undated
        • Statement by the Representative of Denmark Ambassador Martin Kofod, Agenda Item 4b, undated
        • Die Delegation des Königreichs Dänemark un die deutsche Delegation haben in kurzem Beiträgen bereits Situation und Probleme der jeweiligen Minderheit im deutsch-dänischen Grenzgebiet dargestellt. Ich möchte noch einmal auf wesentliche Punkte dieses Beispiels hinweisen, die für unsere gemeinsame Diskussion auf dieser Konferenz Bedwutung haben, 7/11/1991
        • Statement by the Council of Europe representative.  Answer to the request for clarification from the Polish Delegation, 7/11/1991
        • Statement by Elena Zamfirescu, Romania's Delegation, 7/11/1991
        • Remarks by the Head of the Netherlands delegation, Ambassador P. Buwalda to introduce the proposal by the twelve Participating States Members of the EC, undated
        • Italienische Delegation zum Genfer KSZE-Treffen über nationale Minderheiten by Huber Frasnelli, undated
        • Remarks by the Delegation of Czech and Slovak Federal Republic SWB C, 7/11/1991
        • Rede des Botschfaters Dr. Atanas Nastev, Leiter der Delegation der Republik Bulgarien, 7/11/1991
        • Statement by Ambassador Atanas Nastev, Head of the Bulgarian Delegation delivered in Working Group C, 7/11/1991
        • Statement delivered by Mr. Emil Golemanov, of the Republic of Bulgaria, (Subsidiary Working Body B), 7/11/1991
        • Delegation Hellenique, 7/10/1991
        • Remarks by the Czechoslovak delegation, undated
        • Statement by David M. Evans, U.S. Delegation, 7/12/1991
        • Intervento dell Professore Giovanni Barberini, Esperto della Delegazione Italiana SWB B, 7/12/1991
        • Basic Information on National Minorities in Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovak Delegation, 7/12/1991
        • Intervento dell' Ambasciatore Francesco Mezzalama Capo della Delegazione Italiana, 7/12/1991
        • Statement delivered by Dr. Rudolf Yossifov, Deputy Head of Delegation of Republic of Bulgaria (Subsidiary Working Body C), 7/12/1991
        • Statement of Elena Zamfirescu, member of the Delegation of Romania in SWB C, 7/15/1991
        • Ireland (statement delivered in SWB B), 7/15/1991
        • Statement by Ambassador Traian Chebeleu, Head of the Delegation of Romania, in SWB B, 7/15/1991
        • Statement by Istvan Zalatnay, Delegation of Hungary, SWB B: Review of Implementation, 7/15/1991
        • Statement by David M. Evans, U.S. Delegation, SWB B, 7/15/1991
        • Statement by Mr. Anders Rönquist (Sweden), First Secretary in SWB B, 7/15/1991
        • Yugoslavia [CSCE\91-07-13.DOC\3], 7/15/1991
        • Yugoslavia [CSCE\91-07-16.DOC\1] Mr. Miodrag Perisic, 7/16/1991
        • Remarks of the Czechoslovak Delegation SWB B, 7/16/1991
        • List des Participants, 7/10/1991
        • Delegation of Romania Information Circular No. 1, Circular No. 2, Circular No. 3, 7/1991  
        • [Documento] del Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores (España), undated
        • Delegazione Italiana alla Reunione CSCE di Gineva sulle Mineranze Nazienali: Les Minorites Linguistiques en Italie, undated
        • Myntii, Kristian: The protection of persons belonging to national minorities in Finland. Survey request of the Advisiry Board for International Human Rights Affairs of the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, 6/1/1991
        • Minorities and the Canadian experience. Demography, Legislation, Programs.  Background paper prepared for the CSCE meeting of experts on National Minorities, 7/1/1991
        • Minorities and the Canadian experience. Education. Background paper for the CSCE meeting of experts on National Minorities;  Collective Interests in Canadian and International Law), 7/1/1991
        • The Copenhagen - Bonn Declarations of 1955, 3/29/1955
        • Österreichische Delegation zum Genfer KSZE - Treffen über nationale Minderheiten; Subsidiäres Arbeitsorgan A; Volksgruppensprachen als Amtssprachen, undated
        • CSCE\91-07-15\1; National Minorities in Yugoslavia SWBA - Exchange of views on practical experience, Dr. Miodrag Mitic, Delegation of Yugoslavia, 7/15/1991
        • The Status and Treatment of National Minorities in the Republic of Lithuania. Report circulated by the U.S. Delegation, at the request of the representative of Lithuania, 7/1/1991
        • Intervention de Monsieur L'Ambassadeur Buwalda, Chef de la Delegation des Pays-Bas au nom de la Communaute et des ses Etats Members, undated
        • Erklärung von Dr. Jenö Kaltenbach, Delegationsmitglied von Ungarn am KSZE - Expertentreffen über Nationale Minderheiten, 7/10/1991
        • Russian Document, undated
        • Remarks by Mr. Lauri Lehtimaja (Finland) in SWB B, (review of the implementation of the relevant CSCE commitments and consideration of the scope for the improvement of relevant standards), 7/1/1991
        • Declaration on Human rights adopted by the European Council on July 29, 1991, 7/4/1991
        • Treaty between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Poland on Good-Neighbourliness, Friendship and Cooperation (translation), undated
        • White Paper on the Rights of the Persons Belonging to Ethnic, Linguistic or Religious Minorities in Romania, 6/1/1991
        • Albania demands the Commitment of the CSCE, the Big Powers and of the Whole International Community to Halt a Probable Conflict in Kosova, 7/8/1991
        • Motion by the CDU/CSU, SPD and FDP Parliamentary Groups and the Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen Group, 7/1/1991
        • Draft Law on the Rights of National and Ethnic Minorities.  Common proposal of the State Office for the National and Ethnic Minorities and the Round Table of Minority Organizations, undated
        • The situation of the Gypsies in Hungary (with the compliment of the Hungarian Delegation), undated
        • Conceptional questions of the law concerning the rights of national and ethnic minorities in Hungary, undated
        • The Geneva CSCE Experts Meeting on National Minorities.  A Report prepared by the staff of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, 8/1991
        • CDL (91) 7, Council of Europe Proposal for a European Convention for the Protection of Minorities, 3/4/1991
        • Law on Ethnic Minorities, Republic of Lithuania, 11/23/1989
        • CSCE Meeting of Experts on National Minorities.  The Netherlands Government's Minorities Policy, 6/13/1905
        • Council of Europe Contribution to the CSCE Meeting of Experts on National Minorities, 7/1/1991
        • CSCE/REMN.20, Proposal submitted by the delegations of Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxemburg, The Netherlands-European Community, Norway, Portugal, Spain Turkey, The United Kingdom and the United States of America. Report of the CSCE Meeting of Experts on National Minorities, 7/19/1991
        • Declaration on the principles of co-operation between the Republic of Hungary and the Ukranian Soviet Socialist Republic in Guaranteeing the Rights of the National Minorities, 6/11/1991
        • CVT/1991/INF.2, UNESCO's activities relating to the protection of minorities.  Paris, 6/21/1991
        • Statement by the Federal Chancellor Dr. Franz Vranitzky in the Austrian Parliament, 7/8/1991
        • E/CN.4.1991/53; Report of the Working Group on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National, Ethnic, Religious and Linguistics Minorities, 3/5/1991
        • Proposal by the Romani International Union, Roma Parliament of Hungary and Ethnic Federation of Roma, Romania, on the Protection and Promotion of the Human Rights of Roma-Gypsies Persons and Minority, within the CSCE Process, 7/15/1991
        • AS/Jur (43) 19; Council of Europe, Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, Report Presented by Florence Benoit-Rohmer, 10/31/1991
        • Offizielleb Statement des Vertreters der Zyprischen Delegation Prof. Dr. Chr. Yiallouridis am KSZE-Expertentreffen ueber Nationale Mindeheiten, 7/1/1991
        • Intervento del Rappresentante Della Repubblica Di San Marino Alla Riunione D'Esperti Della CSCE Sulle Minoranze Nazionali (Italian document), undated
        • Discours Prononcé à la Réunion d'experts sur les minorités nationales par le représentant du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, undated
  • 1991, May; Conference of European Churches – Vienna. “The Churches and the Helsinki Final Act”; “Religious Identity and National Minorities”; European Churches and National Minorities”; “The Churches and the Helsinki (CSCE) Process”

US Institute for Peace Project

  • 1990, Feb. – Mar. 1991; US Institute for Peace Rule of Law Engagement Initiative– miscellaneous correspondence and handwritten notes re publication. Extract of Howard’s Democracy’s Dawn, A Directory of American Initiatives on Constitutionalism, Democracy, and the Rule of Law in Central and Eastern Europe.
  • 1990, Sep. 12; US Institute for Peace Roundtable – memoranda

 

Box 22

  • 1990, Sep.; US Institute for Peace – Project on Constitutionalism and Democracy, University of Virginia. American Initiatives on Democracy, Constitutionalism, and the Rule of Law in Central and Eastern Europe, Vols. I and II (2 folders)
  • 1990-1991; US Institute for Peace Survey – correspondence and memoranda.  “Prospects for conflict or peace in Central and Eastern Europe”, Report of a Study Group, May 1990; Commencement Address at the University of South Carolina by President George H. W. Bush (May 1990); some newspaper clippings and John Norton Moore’s: The  Rule of Law: An Overview (March 1990)
  • 1990; US Institute for Peace Survey – Wilson Center , Philadelphia Constitution Foundation; SUNY Albany, University of Chicago School of Law, National Humanities Institute, National Forum Foundation. Correspondence and working materials.
  • 1990; US Institute for Peace Survey – National Endowment for Democracy. Correspondence, reports.

 

Box 23

  • 1990; US Institute for Peace Survey – Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, Institute for East-West  Securities Studies, Delphi International, Ford Foundation Report of the Soviet and East European Study Group; CIES [Council for International Exchange Scholars]; Federal Judicial Center; Columbia University School of Law; State Department/ Citizens Democracy; USIA correspondence and reports.
  • 1990; US Institute for Peace Survey – Charter 77 Foundation; CATO Institute Report; American University School of Law; ABA – CEELI correspondence, reports
  • 1990; US Institute for Peace Survey – American Council of Learned Societies; Carnegie Foundation for International Peace: “Western proposal for assistance to Poland and Hungary: An evolving catalog” (1989) correspondence, reports, handwritten notes.
  • 1990; US Institute for Peace Survey – Center for Democracy East-West Democratic Dialogue conference papers
  • 1990; US Institute for Peace Survey Miscellaneous Papers – directories, correspondence; Memorandum on the significance of the Vienna and Helsinki agreements to the conviction of Vaclav Havel for violating sections 164 and 156 (a) of the Penal Code of Czechoslovakia; Petition to the Procurator General of the USSR “to protest and to ask the Supreme Court of the RSFSR set aside the conviction of Vladimir Borisovich Lifshitz (June 26, 1986); Memorandum on the significance of the Vienna and Helsinki Agreements to the petrial detention of Jaroslaw Hotowicz, Ryszard Cedrowski and Jolanta Aksiewicz-Kwiatowska on charges of violating the Polish People’s Republic of the Penal Code of Poland (Sep. 30, 1989); newspaper clippings.
  • 1990; US Institute for Peace Survey – White Burkett Miller Center of Public Affairs; UVA Center for Russian and Eastern European Studies correspondence, memoranda, brochure.
  • 1990-1991; US Institute for Peace Survey – correspondence and internal memoranda with Howard’s research assistants.
  • 1991; US Institute for Peace Survey World Without War Council – correspondence and working materials

 

Box 24

Non Eastern European Constitutionalism files

  • 1985; Brazil: Symposium on the American Constitutional Experience cosponsored by ABA and Instituto dos Advogados Brasileiros [Institute of Brazilian Lawyers] – A. E. Dick Howard: “As Raízes Dos Princípios Constitucionais Norte-Americanos”; handwritten notes, correspondence, program.
  • 1986, April – May; Hong Kong: Howard’s visit to the Department of Law of the University of Hong Kong as part of the Academic Specialist Program of USIA – correspondence, memoranda and related materials. Includes extensive handwritten notes, newspaper clippings, Hong Kong Affairs Society: “ Our views on the development of Hong Kong’s political system” (1984); Chen, H. Y.:”;  On the Drafting of Hong Kong’s Mini-Constitution”; Wesley-Smith, Peter: “Settlement of the question of Hong Kong”; speech by Sir Philip Haddon-Cave: “The Decision-Making Process, Consultation and Consensus in Hong Kong” at the 25th Congregation for the Conferment of Honorary Degrees by the Chinese University of Hong Kong (17 October 1983) (2 folders)
  • 1991; Mongolia Constitution – correspondence with members of the Congressional Human Rights Foundation
  • 1990; Nepal – “Toward a new constitution of Nepal.” International Norms and Constitutional Options. A Report of the International Human Rights Group.  Draft.

 

Box 25

  • 1986, May; Philippines International Conference on Constitutional Principles and Issues in Honor of the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution and the First Anniversary of the Constitution of the Philippines – Howard’s visit as part of the Academic Specialist Program of USIA.  Correspondence with scholars and lawyers, program schedule; Quisumbing, Purification and Leo: “From revolution to constitution: the Philippine experience and American influences on constitutional development”; The Constitution of the Philippines prepared by the Constitutional Commission of 1986; some other printed materials (2 folders)
  • 1988, Feb. 17-20; Philippines International Conference on Constitutional Principles – correspondence, program, Howard’s handwritten notes.
  • 1989-1990; South Africa –  South African Law Commission proposal for a Bill of Rights – correspondence with Piet Koornhof, Ambassador of South Africa; South African Law Commission Working Paper 25, Project 58: Group and Human Rights (August 1989);  working papers, handwritten notes.

 

Box 26

  • 1990-1991; South Africa Constitutional Developments – correspondence and Bill or Rights documents; Opening Address by State President, F W De Klerk, DMS, at the federal congress of the National Party (4 September 1991); African National Congress Constitution; Report on the Positions of Major Parties in South Africa on a New Constitutional and Free Elections and their Consistency with International Law (September 1990), South Africa Constitution Watch Commission Report 1 ( 2nd draft), Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law; Report on the Positions of Major Parties in South Africa on a New Constitution and Free Elections and their Consistency with International Law (August 1991) Report Number 1 (4th draft), Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law and Robert F. Kenney Memorial Center for Human Rights.
  • Western Sahara (Mozambique, Namibia, Angola) – correspondence, working papers; John Norton Moore report of trip to Namibia to observe the drafting of the constitution; Statement of American Constitutional Scholars on the Historic Occasion of the Framing of the Namibian Constitution (26 January 1990); draft of the Constitution of the Republic of Angola (29 October 1990); UNITA Declaration of Democratic Struggle and Reasons for Proposing a New Constitution (Angola)

Miscellaneous Documents

  • ACLS [American Council of Learned Societies] Working Papers: “Latin American Regional Institute on Comparative Constitutionalism,” working papers prepared for the Latin American Regional Institute of the American Council of Learned Societies Comparative Constitutionalism Project, held in collaboration with the Centro de Informaciones y Estudios del Uruguay, Punta del Este, Uruguay (Oct. 31 –Nov. 4, 1998)
  • ACLS – Asian Regional Institute on Comparative Constitutionalism,” working papers prepared for the Asian Regional Institute of the American Council of Learned Societies Comparative Constitutionalism Project, held in collaboration with the Law and Society Trust, Sri Lanka, and the Institute of Public Policy Studies, Chiangmai, Thailand. (Feb. 23-27, 1989);

 

Box 27

  • ACLS – “African Regional Institute on Comparative Constitutionalism,” working papers prepared for the African Regional Institute of the American Council of Learned Societies Comparative Constitutionalism Project, held in collaboration with the Southern African Political Economy Series/African Political Economy Series/African Association of Political Science, Southern Africa, Harare, Zimbabwe (May 22-25, 1989).
  • 1990; Central and Eastern Europe Constitution-Making - Howard’s notes for Briefing for Senior Editors, Voice of America (4 May 1990); “The Rule of Law in Eastern Europe”, Opening Address by Dick Thornburgh, Attorney General of the US to the Fourth Annual Lawyers Convention of the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies.
  • 1986-1994; Correspondence
  • 1993, April 15-17; Citizenship and Rights in Multicultural Societies, Fullbright Conference, University of Bologna, (Italy) – Howard’s handwritten notes; Kőchler, Hans: “The Concept of the Nation and the Question of Nationalism: The Traditional ‘national state’ versus a multicultural ‘community state’”; Rex, John: “The Political Sociology of a Multi-Cultural Society”; Pablo Lucas Murillo de la Cueva: “Rights in a Pluralist State: The Case of Spain”; Murphy, Walter F.: “Creating Citizens for a Constitutional Democracy”; Schmuhl, Robert: “The Limits of Multiculturalism”; Williams, Melissa S.: “Justice toward Groups: Political not Juridical (Draft)”; Besussi, Antonella: “To Share or not to Share? A Defense of Citizenship against Tribalism”; Götz, Volkmar: “Multiculturalism and Constitutional Values in Germany”; Giuseppe de Vergottini: “The Constitution in front of the Economic and Social Progress”; Scoffoni, Guy: “Constitutional Equality and the Antidiscrimination Principle in France (Comparative Reflections on the French System)”; Balance, John: “A Union without Cohesion: Religion, National Identity and the ‘British Constitution’ in the Nineteenth Century”; Caestecker, Frank: “The Legal Emancipation of Refugees: A Historical Approach to the Belgian Case”; Kanneh, Kadiatu: “When Culture Becomes Race: Religious Identities and the Nation State” (2 folders)

 

Box 28

  • 1991; Group Rights – Howard’s handwritten notes and correspondence with German scholar Christian Blocker
  • 1990; Jurisprudence Seminar at Law School
  • 1990, March; Letter, Douglas (Appellate litigation Counsel, Civil Division, USDOJ): The Principle of Separated Powers, and the System of Checks and Balances in the Constitution of the United States, March 1990.   [This paper was found with the Soviet Union papers]
  • 1990; Oct. 15; J. B. Moore Society of International Law: Constitutional Change in South Africa and the Bill of Rights Debate [Brown bag lunch at Law School]
  • 1989, 1991-1992, 1994; Law School correspondence and memoranda
  • Scheppele, Kim Lane. “Crating Constitutional Consciousness in Post-Communist Society,” proposal to the National Science Foundation Global Perspectives on SocioLegal Studies, (undated)
  • 1992; Virginia Law Review note requirement by Darius Ogloza

Printed Materials

  • International Forum for Democratic Studies and George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies; Civil-Military Relations and the Consolidation of Democracy Conference Report (undated)
  • Howard, A.E. Dick: Toward Constitutionalism and Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe.  Papers from a Symposium held at the University of Virginia June 10 & 11, 1991. The Virginia Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, The University of Virginia, 1992
  • Politics and Political Science in Hungary. Budapest, Institute for Social Sciences, 1982
  • Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia. [Translated by Sherill O’Connor Šraj, Garry Moore; edited by Miro Cerar, Janez Kranjc]. Ljubljana: Uradni list Republike Slovenije, 1993.
  • Emberi jogok hazánkban [Human Right in Our Country], Budapest 1988
  • Klaus, Václav: A Road to Market Economy: Selected Articles, Speeches and Lectures Held Abroad, Praha: Top Agency, 1991.
  • Kálmán, Kulcsár: A Büntető Törvénnykönyv és Büntető eljarás módosításáról, 11 Magyar Jog, XXXVI Évfolyam, 1989 November
  • Kálmán, Kulcsár: Systemic Change in East Central Europe (Political Problems in Transition: the Lessons of the Hungarian Case, Államtudimányi Kutatóközpont, Budapest,1991
  • Magyar Kȍztársaság Alkotmánybírósága [Constitutional Court of the Hungarian Republic]: Translations of “Act II of 1989 on the Right of Combination”; “Act No. XXXII of 1989 on the Constitutional Court”; “Act No. XXXIII of 1989 on Operation and Economic Activity of the Parties”.
  • Frank, John P.: Eastern Europe: 1990
  • Range, Peter Ross: “When walls come tumbling down: covering the East German Revolution”, Media Studies Project Occasional Paper Number 9, Washington, Woodrow Wilson Center, August 1991
  • The Battle for Slovenia [English Translation], Ljubljana: Cankarjeva založba, 1991

 


Photographs in Special Collections photo collection

 

  • Howard, A. E. Dick at the Salzburg Seminar.  Conference on “The New Czechoslovak Federal Constitution”. April 19-22 1990
  • Howard, A. E. Dick at the International Conference on “The Transition to Democracy in Contemporary Europe” Poland. May 30 – June 2 1990
  • Howard, A. E. Dick with members of the Committee on Drafting the Constitution of Romania at the Romanian Parliament, Senate. May 1991

 


A list of de-accessioned printed materials is available upon request. 

 

 

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