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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 convenant 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 |
- | Many global and transnational agreements, the form of convenants, exist, aiming | + | |
- | 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 | + | Though most covenants cannot be enforced, they do have power: because, by ratifying |
- | Though most convenants cannot be enforced, they have some power: because, by ratifying the convenant, a nation makes promises, and may be reminded about keeping or breaking those. | + | ===== Examples of covenants ===== |
+ | This list of conventions is not exhaustive, but aims to mentions | ||
- | ===== A number of covenants: ===== | ||
==== Global covenants: ==== | ==== Global covenants: ==== | ||
- | === 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: " | ||
- | * View the Declaration [[http:// | ||
- | === UNESCO' | + | === Covenants by the United Nations: === |
- | * [[http:// | + | * [[http:// |
- | * Legally binding: no. | + | * protects " |
- | * Offers protection for " | + | * [[https:// |
- | * View the Convention | + | * Enable and encourage minority language development and education. |
+ | * [[http:// | ||
+ | * protects " | ||
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+ | === UNESCO' | ||
+ | * [[http:// | ||
+ | * Offers protection for cultural diversity, including language and education thereof. | ||
+ | * Adopted unanimously at the General Conference((UNESCO. (2002). //Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity:a vision, a conceptual platform, a pool of ideas for implementation, | ||
+ | * [[http:// | ||
+ | * Offers protection for: " | ||
+ | | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)' | ||
+ | * [[https://www.osce.org/ | ||
+ | * Guidelines to guarantee education rights of national minorities. | ||
+ | * For the [[https://www.osce.org/participating-states|57 OSCE participating States]] | ||
- | === ILO Convention Concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries (1989) === | + | === International Labour Organization (ILO)'s convention |
- | * [[http:// | + | * [[http:// |
- | * Legally binding: yes. | + | * Offers protection for: " |
- | | + | * [[http:// |
- | * View the Convention | + | |
+ | | ||
- | ==== European Charter for Regional and Minority languages (1992) ==== | ||
- | * [[http:// | ||
- | * Legally binding: yes. | ||
- | * Offers protection for " | ||
- | * View the text of the Charter | ||
- | 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 language (Part III). | ||
- | Look [[http:// | ||
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