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1、SYMPOSIUMMinorityrightsininternationallawPatrickMacklem*Whyshouldinternationalhumanrightslawvestmembersofaminoritycommunitywithrightsthatsecureameasureofautonomyfromthestateinwhichtheyarelocated?Answerstothisquestiontypicallyrestonacommitmenttotheprotectionofcertainuniversalattrib
2、utesofhumanidentityfromtheexerciseofsovereignpower.Minorityprotectionthusoperatesontheassumptionthatreligious,cultural,andlinguisticaffiliationsareessentialfeaturesofwhatitmeanstobehuman.Thisessayoffersanalternativeaccountofwhyminorityrightspossessinternationalsignificance,onethattr
3、adeslessonthecurrencyofreligion,culture,andlanguageandmoreonthevalueofinternationaldistributivejustice.Onthisapproach,internationalminorityDownloadedfromrightsspeaktowrongsthatinternationallawitselfproducesbyorganizinginternationalpoliticalrealityintoalegalorder.Thisaccountavoidst
4、henormativeinstabilitiesofattachinguniversalvaluetoreligious,cultural,andlinguisticaffiliationand,instead,challengestheinternationallegalordertoremedypathologiesofitsownmaking.icon.oxfordjournals.org1.atMurdochUniversityonJuly25,2011Inakaleidoscopicredistributionofsovereignpoweraft
5、ertheFirstWorldWar,theonce-greatOttomanEmpireceasedtoexist,itsterritorydivided,parti-tioned,andreallocatedtofriendsandenemiesalike.FrancereceivedmandatesfromtheLeagueofNationstogovernSyriaandLebanon.TheUnitedKingdomreceivedmandatestogovernIraq,Palestine,andwhateventuallybecameIsra
6、elandJordan.TurkishnationalsrepelledAlliedforcesoccupyingtheircountryandestablishedtheRepublicofTurkey,whilehugeswathsoftheArabianPeninsulabecamepartsofmodern-daySaudiArabiaandYemen.Theinstrumentsthatinvestedthesepoliticaldevelopmentswithinterna-tionallegalvaliditydramaticallyresh
7、apedthestructureoftheinternationallegalorder.The1923TreatyofLausanne,forexample,delineatedtheterrito-rialsovereigntyofthenewRepublicofTurkey,replacingthe1920TreatyofSèvres,whichhadbeennegotiatedbutnotratifiedbytheOttomanParliament.Indoingso,theTreatyofLausannerestoredTurkey’sprevio
8、usboundarywithBulgariaandWesternT
