Ben Achour, Yadh Keywords: Minorities | Right of self-determination | Sovereignty | Cultural Diversity and Minorities in General | Mots clefs: Minorités | Droit de libre disposition | Souveraineté | ABSTRACT Yadh Ben Achour, Professor at the University of Tunis, starts his course on state sovereignty and the protection or minorities by presenting the concepts of state, sovereignty and minority. The author then details the guiding principles of minority rights: sovereignty of the State, right of self-determination of minoritie…