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    Supports→Institutionalizing the ascriptivist principle that every nation is entitled to its own state would exacerbate ethno-national violence and associated human rights violations.

    The SFRY's constitutional recognition of national self-determination rights in 1974 provides a historical case where institutionalized ascriptivism directly preceded the most severe European ethnic violence since 1945.

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    Ascriptivism(as a social and political approach)
    A system where a person's identity, status, or rights are assigned to them based on inherited characteristics (like ethnicity, race, or family background) rather than individual choice or merit.
    Constitutional recognition(as applied to rights in a constitution)
    When a government's founding legal document officially acknowledges and protects certain rights or principles.
    Ethnic violence(as the outcome being explained)
    Organized or systematic harm directed at people based on their race, ethnicity, religion, or national identity.
    Institutionalized(as describing a systematic way of achieving recognition, contrasted with Sartre's view)
    Established as a formal, official, or widespread practice within a society or system.

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    National self-determination rights(as a legal and political concept)
    The principle that people who share a national or ethnic identity have the right to govern themselves and form their own independent country.
    SFRY(as the historical case being referenced)
    The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, a country in southeastern Europe that existed from 1945 to 1992 before breaking apart into separate nations.

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