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 ==== Global legislation: ====
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+=== United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007) ===
+  * All members of the United Nations are expected to comply with its policies.
+  * Legally binding: no.
+  * Offers protection for: "indigenous peoples".
+  * View the Declaration [[http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/DRIPS_en.pdf|here]].
-==== European legislation: ====
+=== UNESCO's Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003) ===
-=== European Charter for Regional and Minority languages ===
+  * [[http://www.unesco.org/eri/la/convention.asp?KO=17116&language=E&order=alpha|State parties who have ratified the Convention]] are expected to uphold its policies.
-== Who set it up? ==
+  * Legally binding: no.
-  * The Charter was drafted by the Council of Europe in 1992. It entered into force in 1998. Members of the Council of Europe can sign up for the Charter, and thus commit themselves to its principles(([[http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/education/minlang/aboutcharter/default_en.asp|COE website: about the Charter]])).
+  * Offers protection for "indigenous peoples".
+  * View the Convention  [[http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/en/convention|here]].
+=== ILO Convention Concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries (1989) ===
+  * [[http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=1000:11300:0::NO:11300:P11300_INSTRUMENT_ID:312314|State parties who have ratified the Convention]] are expected to uphold its policies.
+  * Legally binding: yes.
+  * Offers protection for: "indigenous peoples".
+  * View the Convention [[http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:12100:0::NO::P12100_ILO_CODE:C169|here]].
+==== European legislation: ====
+=== European Charter for Regional and Minority languages (1992) ===
+  * [[http://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list/-/conventions/treaty/148/signatures|State parties who have ratified the Charter]] are expected to uphold its policies.
+  * Legally binding: yes.
+  * Offers protection for "regional or minority languages” defined as languages traditionally used within a given territory of a state by nationals of that state who form a group numerically smaller than the rest of the state’s population; they are different from the official language(s) of that state, and they include neither dialects of the official language(s) of the state nor the languages of migrants.
+  * View the text of the Charter  [[http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/education/minlang/aboutcharter/default_en.asp|here]].
-== Who does it protect ==
-"regional or minority languages” defined as languages traditionally used within a given territory of a state by nationals of that state who form a group numerically smaller than the rest of the state’s population; they are different from the official language(s) of that state, and they include neither dialects of the official language(s) of the state nor the languages of migrants.
-== What protection can it give? ==
 The provisions in the Charter are divided into two parts:
   * a set of general provisions applying to all regional or minority languages (Part II)
-  * a set of additional provisions, to which a member state can subscribe a specific language (Part III).
+  * a set of additional provisions, to which a member state can subscribe a language (Part III).
-  *
+Look [[http://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/search-on-treaties/-/conventions/treaty/148/declarations|here]] for an overview of which language is protected by which part.
-To see which provisions apply to which langue, click [[http://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/search-on-treaties/-/conventions/treaty/148/declarations|here]].