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The study of South Tyrol's negotiated autonomy is both a way of understanding how the Italian Alpine area successfully accommodated its linguistic groups (German-, Italian-and Ladin-speakers), and why there are diverging opinions on how to revise its Second Autonomy Statute of 1972. The paper examines key actors and procedural mechanisms that contributed to the creation and implementation of South Tyrol's power-sharing system and minority regime. Firstly, it highlights the conflict settlement at international level in the aftermath of Second World War. Secondly, it scrutinizes the functioning of special bodies (the Commission of 19 and the Commission of Six) that crucially contributed to setting up South Tyrol's self-government regime. Thirdly, it gives evidence on both the legal framework as well as the bodies of the Autonomy Convention, a large-scaled consultative process that has the task to come up with proposals on how to revise the Second Autonomy Statute.
Keywords: South Tyrol, minority, autonomy, negotiation, Autonomy Convention.
Proučevanje izpogajane avtonomije Južne Tirolske kaže, kako je mogoče, da na tem italijanskem alpskem območju uspešno sobivajo tri jezikovne skupnosti (govorci nemškega, italijanskega in ladinskega jezika) in zakaj obstajajo različna mnenja o tem, kako spremeniti Drugi statut o avtonomiji iz leta 1972. Autorica v članku obravnava ključne dejavnike in postopkovne mehanizme, ki so prispevali k zasnovi in uresničevanju participatornega sistema upravljanja in manjšinskega režima. Najprej osvetli poravnavo mednarodnega spora v času po drugi svetovni vojni, v nadaljevanju pa analizira delovanje posebnih teles (Komisija 19 in Skupne komisije), ki so bistveno prispevala k vzpostavitvi južnotirolskega samoupravnega režima. Članek v sklepnem delu obravnava pravni okvir in Konvencijo o avtonomiji, široko zasnovan posvetovalni proces participacije, ki je namenjen oblikovanju predlogov za revizijo Drugega statuta o avtonomiji.
Ključne besede: Južna Tirolska, manjšine, avtonomija, pogajanja, Konvencija o avtonomiji.
1.Introduction
Twenty-five years have passed since the international conflict over South Tyrol was formally settled in 1992 by the handover to the UN secretary general of the deed of discharge by the Austrian and Italian governments. The submission of the letters (UN Document A/46/939 and A/46/940) by both parties acknowledged the end of the Austro-Italian dispute over South Tyrol (520,891 inhabitants, ASTAT 2016), the northernmost Italian territory inhabited by a majority of German-speakers. Back then, it was accredited that the provisions enshrined in the Second Autonomy...