...on prevention of discrimination and protection of minorities has developed a working definition of minority as "a group numerically inferior to the rest of the population " Jacob Neusner, Vanquished Nation. Broken Spirit. The Virtues of the Heart in Formative Judaism, (Cambridge:...

...Capotorti as quoted in the Declaration may serve as an adequate rendering. He affirms that a minority is a "group numerically inferior to the rest of the population...in a non-dominant position, whose members — being national of the state — possess ethnic, religious or linguistic characteristics differing from those...

...one of the key elements is citizenship or nationality. The important passage in this context states: 'A group numerically inferior to the rest of the population of a state whose members - being nationals of the state"1 - possess ethnic, religious or linguistic characteristics...

...Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities. He suggested that: a [minority is a group numerically inferior to the rest of the population...position whose members — being nationals of the State-possess ethnic, religious or linguistic characteristics differing from those of the rest of the...

...Self-Determination, 77 Foreign Affairs 13, at 15 (1998). 47 As is well known, Francesco Capotorti defined minority as a "group numerically inferior to the rest of the population of a State [emphasis added], in a non-dominant position, whose members - being nationals of the State - possess...

...approach of United Nations special rapporteur, Capotorti, is typical of many efforts, describing a minority as: A group numerically inferior to the rest of the population of the State, in a nondominant position, whose members - being nationals of the State - possess ethnic,...