ABSTRACT
Chapter 2 contains an analytical overview of the models for the accommodation of diversity stemming from liberal and liberal-democratic constitutionalism. It provides a general description of the models, supported by several examples. In particular, this chapter first offers an analysis of the treaty mechanisms developed during the liberal epoch. It then goes on to classify the models stemming from the democratic turn of constitutionalism. The rights to existence and survival, non-discrimination, and minority and indigenous rights’ mechanisms are analyzed to provide a clear picture of the state of the art of this area of law before addressing the most innovative and recent developments.
