Diasporas and States of origin: the positive experience of interaction

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In today’s world a considerable number of people for one reason or another live outside their (or their ancestors’) States of origin. In most cases they retain a sense of belonging to their Homeland and an interest in maintaining ties with it. In turn, States also seek to develop relations with compatriots living abroad. This direction of State activity in many countries is enshrined at the constitutional level; special laws determining the legal status of compatriots, directions and forms of interaction with them have been adopted; special State programs to support diasporas are being developed and implemented. In general, the policy of States toward compatriots living abroad aims to preserve their national (linguistic, cultural, and religious) identity and to involve them in their social, cultural, economic, and political life. For these purposes, States help compatriots living abroad to study their native language, introduce them to national culture and traditions, support diaspora organizations, develop their cooperation with public authorities, scientific and educational institutions, business communities, and non-profit organizations, encourage investment activity, and, if necessary, provide compatriots with social assistance. Foreign countries have accumulated a lot of positive experience in this regard, and its analysis and generalization is the subject of this article.

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Natalia V. Varlamova

Institute of State and Law, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: varlam_n@list.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0968-3296

Candidate of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor, Leading Research Fellow of the Human Rights Department

10, Znamenka str., Moscow 119019, Russian Federation

Tatiana A. Vasilieva

Institute of State and Law, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: tan-vas@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7294-1649

Doctor of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor, Chief Research Fellow of the Human Rights Department

10, Znamenka str., Moscow 119019, Russian Federation

Elena A. Sorokina

Institute of State and Law, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: sorokina_ea@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6618-8574

Candidate of Legal Sciences, Research Fellow of the Human Rights Department

10, Znamenka str., Moscow 119019, Russian Federation

Elvira V. Talapina

Institute of State and Law, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: talapina@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3395-3126

Doctor of Legal Sciences, Doctor of Law (France), Chief Research Fellow of the Human Rights Department

10, Znamenka str., Moscow 119019, Russian Federation

Valentina I. Chekharina

Institute of State and Law, Russian Academy of Sciences

Author for correspondence.
Email: chekharina@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5809-7568

Candidate of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor, Senior Research Fellow of the Human Rights Department

10, Znamenka str., Moscow 119019, Russian Federation

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