Minority Rights in Europe:European Minorities and Languages de Snezana Trifunovska

Minority Rights in Europe:European Minorities and Languages

Snezana Trifunovska

The possibility to communicate and to be educated in one’s own language is one of the most crucial aspects of a person’s and a group’s identity. This book deals with minority languages in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) area in a systematic way. It provides information which facilitates discussion in scientific, governmental and non-governmental circles dealing with both human rights protection and security issues and assists in finding solutions to particular situations concerning minority languages.

In the first part contributors subject a number of questions concerning the linguistic rights of minorities to scientific scrutiny. The second part deals with activities and developments within major international organizations and the third part provides a survey of relevant national legislation and documents.

A valuable source of reference and an indispensable tool in the development of rules and policies which protect the linguistic rights of persons belonging to minorities, this volume contains an extensive collection of both international and national documents and excerpts from documents relating and/or relevant to the linguistic rights of minorities.

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Foreword; Editorial board; Abbreviations Part I. Academic Discussion: The linguistic rights of minorities in Europe Fernand de Varennes; All languages - great and small: A look at the linguistic future of Europe with particular reference to lesser used languages Dónall Ó Riagáin; Non-territorial languages: Romany as an example Marcia Rooker; A never-ending story? The Italian draft Bill on the protection of linguistic minorities Francesco Palermo; The Frisian language in the Netherlands Floris van Laanen; Linguistic rights in Spain Giovanni Poggeschi; Steps towards a minority policy in Sweden Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark; Part II. International Activities and Documents: United Nations: the protection of minorities within the United Nations Cecilia Thompson; Documents; Council of Europe; Protection of linguistic rights within the Council of Europe Snezana Trifunovska; Documents; The European Union; A rough orientation through a delicate relationship: the EU's endeavours for its minorities Gabriel von Toggenburg; Documents; Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe; Linguistic rights and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Edwin Bakker; The protection of minority language rights through the work of OSCE Institutions John Packer; Documents; Council of the Baltic Sea States; Protection of rights of persons belonging to minorities in the Baltic Sea States Ole Espersen and Hanne Fugl; Central European Initiative; Activities of the Central European initiative in the field of minorities Snezana Trifunovska; Documents; Part III. National Activities and Documents: Introductory remarks The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Max van der Stoel; Report on the linguistic rights of persons belonging to National minorities in the OSCE area, March 1999; Survey of national activities and documents; Albania; Andorra; Armenia; Austria; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Belgium; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark;Estonia; Finland; France; Georgia; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Iceland; Ireland; Italy; Kazakstan; Kyrgyzstan; Latvia; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Macedonia (The Former Yugoslav Republic of); Malta; Moldova; Monaco; The Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Russian Federation; San Marino; Slovak Republic; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Tajikistan; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Ukraine; United Kingdom; Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of).