On the basis of the perceived failure of multiculturalism, a shift towards ‘interculturalism’ has been advocated by politicians in Western Europe and international organisations including UNESCO and the Council of Europe. While seemingly benign from a human rights perspective, critics of interculturalism warn that in practice this shift can be used to justify the adoption of assimilationist policies. Forced or unwanted assimilation violates the rights of persons belonging to minorities. Consequently, this article explores the compatibility of interculturalism with international human rights law. It argues that when adopted within a minority rights (multiculturalist) framework, such as the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, interculturalism is broadly compatible with human rights standards. However, when adopted outside this framework, for example, within the European Court on Human Rights’ jurisprudence, interculturalist concepts can easily be used to legitimize the violation of the rights of persons belonging to minorities.

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将跨文化主义与国际人权法结合起来：“共同生活”而不是同化

在认识到多元文化主义失败的基础上，西欧的政治家和包括联合国教科文组织和欧洲委员会在内的国际组织一直倡导向“跨文化主义”转变。虽然从人权的角度来看似乎是良性的，但跨文化主义的批评者警告说，在实践中，这种转变可以用来证明采用同化政策是合理的。强迫或不必要的同化侵犯了属于少数群体的人的权利。因此，本文探讨了跨文化主义与国际人权法的兼容性。它认为，当在少数民族权利（多元文化主义）框架内采用时，例如《保护少数民族框架公约》，跨文化主义与人权标准广泛兼容。然而，