Minority Rights: A Major Misconception?

In this article, Dutch academic Bas de Gaay Forman details minority rights and argues that democracy should be rule of the majority couple with the protection of the minority. He argues that minority groups are often defined by the abuse they are subjugated to rather than by any legal standards. The article also calls on international human rights laws to serve as the foundation for the protection of minority rights through the laws prohibitions of aggressive war, crimes against humanity, apartheid, slavery and torture.