EVOLUTION OF THE SAP CONDITIONALITY IN THE FIELD OF MINORITY RIGHTS – CASE OF THE REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA

Abstract

The paper analyses the implementation of the European Union (EU) conditionality in the field of minority
rights in the case of the Republic of North Macedonia. The questions considered concern the origins of
the conditionality framework, as well as the sources supplementing it in the context of the policy of SAP.
The analysis attempts to discern the evolution of the content of the minority rights conditionality, as well
as its relative importance for the progress of the country on the scale of the EU enlargement policy.
Considering the multitude of conditionality sources launched, the minority rights conditionality within the
framework of the standard legal instruments and the soft law/policy documents issued by the EU
Institutions are analyzed separately.