Both are found guilty of "the same, schematic conception of society set in opposition of majority and minority, differing only in endorsing separation of the minority from the majority… or) assimilation to it" (Council of Europe, 2008, p. 18).
This change was the separation of North Korea's minority ruling class from its masses and an outpouring of sympathy and tolerance towards the latter, linking animosity to North Korea towards the antinationalist ruling class and embracing the North Korean masses as part of the same nation.
The published platform of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood calls for parliamentary rule, separation of powers, and protection of minorities.
Under our separation of powers, judges should protect minorities and those who hold minority views against the whims of the majority.
While opponents of the measure argued that the president's tax cut left little new money for charitable works, they focused their resistance on what they saw as the threat posed by the bill to the rights of minorities and the separation of church and state.
But having spent two years in seminar rooms dissecting every delicate issue -- the separation of religion and state, the rights of minorities, women's rights, among others -- most mocked the idea of an instant constitution as a prescription for failure.
The Assembly now started upon a discussion of other important matters, like the separation between church and state, and the emancipation of minorities.
Democracy is also about rule of law, separation of powers, women's rights, minority rights, cultural and political diversity, media freedom, freedom of speech, and the right to talk and write without being intimidated.
And as time wore on, respect for democratic practices such as observance of minority rights and the separation of powers grew ever more tenuous.Since Chávez's death last year from cancer, the pretty revolution's make-up has begun to peel.
"This violates the whole principle of separation of powers," said Representative Lois Frankel, the minority leader in the Florida House.
