ACFC/44DOC(2012)001 rev
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
INTRODUCTION........................................................................................... 3
PART II
LANGUAGE RIGHTS AND IDENTITIES................................................... 6
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Language and personal identities.............................................................................. 6
1.1. Inclusive approach ............................................................................................ 6
1.2. Freedom of choice, multiple and situational affiliation ...................................... 6
1.3. Data collection .................................................................................................. 7
Promoting the essential elements of minority identity, including language ............... 8
PART III
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LANGUAGE RIGHTS AND EQUALITY ...................................................10
Equality before the law and equal protection of the law, effective equality in all areas
of life ......................................................................................................................10
Tolerance, intercultural dialogue and non-discrimination ........................................11
2.1. Reflecting cultural and linguistic diversity .......................................................11
2.2. Inter-relations between majority and minority language speakers .....................12
PART IV: LANGUAGE RIGHTS AND MEDIA .............................................................14
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Public Sector media ................................................................................................14
Private sector media................................................................................................15
Print media .............................................................................................................15
Technological advances in the media and impact on minorities ...............................16
film/music industry and minority languages ............................................................16
PART V: PUBLIC AND PRIVATE USE OF MINORITY LANGUAGES.....................17
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Use of minority languages in public, in the administration and in the judicial system
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1.1. Official language laws or ‘state language’ laws ................................................17
1.2. Use of minority languages in relations with administrative authorities in areas
inhabited by national minorities traditionally or in substantial numbers ............18
1.3. Right to be informed in criminal proceedings ...................................................19
1.4. Alphabet of minority languages........................................................................19
Manifestations of Minority languages: Personal names, Place names and
Topographical indications .......................................................................................19
2.1. Personal names and patronyms.........................................................................19
2.2. Information of a private nature visible to the public..........................................20
2.3. Public signs......................................................................................................20
PART VI: LANGUAGE RIGHTS AND EDUCATION ...................................................22
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Access to education ................................................................................................22
Adequate opportunities for teaching and learning of and in minority languages.......22
2.1. Open and inclusive approach to minority languages in education .....................22
2.2. Means to enable the full enjoyment of educational rights .................................24
2.3. Striking a balance between majority and minority languages in education ........25
2.4. The promotion of linguistic diversity and intercultural education .....................26
PART VII LANGUAGE RIGHTS AND PARTICIPATION.........................................27
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Language rights and effective participation in cultural, social and economic life .....27
Language rights and effective participation in public affairs ....................................28
PART VIII CONCLUSIONS ............................................................................................30
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