general_information:sign_language_legislation
Differences
This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
Next revision | Previous revision | ||
general_information:sign_language_legislation [2020/04/08 14:30] – created ydwine | general_information:sign_language_legislation [2023/03/27 12:05] (current) – [Sign Languages currently covered on the Wiki] ydwine | ||
---|---|---|---|
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
- | ===== International legislation concerning | + | ===== International legislation concerning |
---- | ---- | ||
Line 12: | Line 12: | ||
* it does not include either dialects of the official language(s) of the State or the languages of migrants; | * it does not include either dialects of the official language(s) of the State or the languages of migrants; | ||
- | There is no specific mentioning of Sign languages | + | There is no specific mentioning of Sign Languages |
+ | |||
+ | ===Recognition by the Council of Europe === | ||
+ | |||
+ | \\ In 2003, the [[general_information: | ||
+ | There, the PACE recognises Sign Languages "as the expression of Europe’s cultural wealth. They are a feature of Europe’s linguistic and cultural heritage" | ||
+ | |||
+ | For education, they recommend and encourage member states: | ||
+ | * to give education in Sign Languages to deaf people; | ||
+ | * to train teachers, in preparation for working with deaf and hearing-impaired children, in Sign Languages; | ||
+ | * to include Sign Languages as a valid academic qualification in mainstream secondary schools with equal status to other taught languages; | ||
+ | * to grant deaf people the right to choose freely between oral and bilingual school systems; | ||
+ | * to subsidise the publication of instructive literature in Sign Languages. | ||
=== EU resolutions === | === EU resolutions === | ||
- | \\ On June 17, 1988, the European Parliament signed the [[http:// | + | \\ On June 17, 1988, the European Parliament signed the [[http:// |
The Resolution on Sign Languages 1988 states that a “sign language, which can be properly be regarded as a language in its own right, is the preferred or only language of most deaf people” and calls “upon the Member States to abolish any remaining obstacles to the use of sign language.” | The Resolution on Sign Languages 1988 states that a “sign language, which can be properly be regarded as a language in its own right, is the preferred or only language of most deaf people” and calls “upon the Member States to abolish any remaining obstacles to the use of sign language.” | ||
Line 28: | Line 40: | ||
=== UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities === | === UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities === | ||
- | \\ The [[https:// | + | \\ The [[https:// |
The Convention covers Education in Article 24, in which State Parties – amongst others – ensure that: | The Convention covers Education in Article 24, in which State Parties – amongst others – ensure that: | ||
Line 36: | Line 48: | ||
* Persons with disabilities receive the support required | * Persons with disabilities receive the support required | ||
And take appropriate measures to: | And take appropriate measures to: | ||
- | * Facilitating the learning of sign language | + | * Facilitating the learning of Sign Language |
* Ensuring that the education of persons, and in particular children, who are blind, deaf or deafblind, is delivered in the most appropriate languages and modes and means of communication for the individual, and in environments which maximize academic and social development. | * Ensuring that the education of persons, and in particular children, who are blind, deaf or deafblind, is delivered in the most appropriate languages and modes and means of communication for the individual, and in environments which maximize academic and social development. | ||
The list of State Parties that have [[general_information: | The list of State Parties that have [[general_information: | ||
---- | ---- | ||
+ | ====Sign Languages currently covered on the Wiki==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * [[languages: | ||
+ | * [[:: | ||
+ | * [[languages: | ||
+ | * [[languages: | ||
+ | * [[languages: | ||
general_information/sign_language_legislation.1586349035.txt.gz · Last modified: 2020/04/08 14:30 by ydwine