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====== International agreements protecting minority languages ====== | ====== International agreements protecting minority languages ====== | ||
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+ | ===== About covenants protecting minority languages, and how they work ==== | ||
+ | Many global and transnational agreements, in the form of covenants, exist, aiming to protect minority languages. Usually, these covenants propose a number of measures to improve the situation of minority languages. If a nation decides to ratify such a covenant, it commits itself to carrying out the measures proposed. | ||
- | ===== About covenant protecting minority languages, and how they work ==== | + | To determine whether a nation in fact carries out these measures, the nation has to report about it to a committee every few years. This report is then judged by a committee. If the committee deems the measures taken insufficient, |
- | Many global and transnational agreements, the form of covenants, exist, aiming to protect minority languages. Usually, these covenants propose a number of measures to improve the situation of minority languages. If a nation decides to ratify such a covenant, it commits itself to carrying out the measures proposed. | + | |
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- | To determine whether a nation in fact carries out these measures, the nation has to report about it to a committee every few years. This report is then judged by a committee. If the committee deems the measures taken insufficient, | + | |
Though most covenants cannot be enforced, they do have power: because, by ratifying the covenant, a nation makes promises, and may be reminded about keeping or breaking those. | Though most covenants cannot be enforced, they do have power: because, by ratifying the covenant, a nation makes promises, and may be reminded about keeping or breaking those. | ||
- | ===== Examples of covenants: ===== | + | ===== Examples of covenants ===== |
This list of conventions is not exhaustive, but aims to mentions some influential ones. | This list of conventions is not exhaustive, but aims to mentions some influential ones. | ||
==== Global covenants: ==== | ==== Global covenants: ==== | ||
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* All members of the United Nations are expected to comply with its policies. | * All members of the United Nations are expected to comply with its policies. | ||
- | === UNESCO' | + | === UNESCO' |
- | * [[http://www.unesco.org/ | + | * [[http://portal.unesco.org/ |
- | * Offers protection for: " | + | * Offers protection for cultural diversity, including language and education thereof. |
- | * View the Convention | + | * Adopted unanimously at the General Conference((UNESCO. (2002). //Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity:a vision, a conceptual platform, a pool of ideas for implementation, |
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+ | * [[http:// | ||
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=== ILO Convention Concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries (1989) === | === ILO Convention Concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries (1989) === | ||
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* View the Convention [[http:// | * View the Convention [[http:// | ||
- | ==== European covenants: ==== | ||
- | === Charter for Regional and Minority languages (1992) === | ||
- | * Set up by the [[general_information: | ||
- | * [[http:// | ||
- | * Offers protection for " | ||
- | * View the text of the Charter | ||
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- | The Charter operates similar to other covenants: it proposes measures that nations, which ratify the Charter, should take. In the Charter' | ||
- | * Part II represents a set of general provisions, which apply to all minority languages within a member state' | ||
- | * Part III represents a set of additional provisions, which apply to a subselection of minority languages, that receive additional protection. | ||
- | Look [[http:// | ||
- | To determine whether member states uphold the policies of the Charter, a delegate from the Council of Europe visits the member states every few years and reports about their compliance. | ||
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