Appendix 1
Further tools and resources: Legal guidelines and related
official documents
1.
UN Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic
Minorities (UN), http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/Minorities.aspx
2.
Report of the Independent Expert on minority issues on linguistic minorities, A/HRC/22/49,
http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/RegularSession/Session22/
AHRC2249_English.PDF
3.
Other reports of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues,
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Minorities/SRMinorities/Pages/Annual.aspx
4.
Recommendations of the UN Forum on Minority Issues on Implementing the Declaration on the
Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities (UN),
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/Minority/Pages/ForumIndex.aspx
5.
Promoting and Protecting Minority Rights: A Guide for Advocates (UN),
http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/HR-PUB-12-07_en.pdf
6.
Minority Rights: International Standards and Guidance for Implementation (UN),
http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/MinorityRights_en.pdf
7.
Marginalized Minorities in Development Programming: A UNDP Resource Guide and Toolkit
(UNDP), http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Minorities/UNDPMarginalisedMinorities.pdf
8.
Advocacy Kit for Promoting Multilingual Education: Including the Excluded (UNESCO),
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001521/152198e.pdf
9.
Guidelines on Language and Education (UNESCO),
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001297/129728e.pdf
10. Why language matters for the Millennium Development Goals (UNESCO),
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002152/215296E.pdf
11. Thematic Commentary no. 3 on the Language Rights of Persons Belonging to National
Minorities under the Framework Convention (Council of Europe),
http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/minorities/3_fcnmdocs/PDF_CommentaryLanguage_en.pdf
12. Oslo Recommendations regarding the Linguistic Rights of National Minorities (OSCE),
http://www.osce.org/hcnm/67531
13. The Hague Recommendations Regarding the Educational Rights of National Minorities (OSCE),
http://www.osce.org/fr/hcnm/32184
14. Guidelines on the use of Minority Languages in the Broadcast Media (OSCE),
http://www.osce.org/hcnm/32310?download=true
15. Guidelines to Assist National Minority Participation in the Electoral Process (OSCE),
http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/17569?download=true
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