Gianni BUQUICCHIO*

Abstract: This represents the speech of Mr. Gianni Buquicchio, the president of the Venice Commission, at the International Conference regarding the protection of national minorities, held at Cluj-Napoca, on the 30 of April 2015.

Key-words: Protection of national minorities, Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, diversity, integration, inter-culturalism.

* President of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) of the Council of Europe, Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Bucharest, ex-Secretary of the Venice Commission.