represents the largest part of the population, 31,9%, and are alongside Ukrainians,
Poles and Bulgarians, facing difficulty in exercising their right to education in their
mother tongue and are obliged to renounce their identity and language if they are to
be integrated in the region.
We recognize that the Moldova government has succeeded in adopting several
national laws which address minority issue and have ratified a number of
international and regional conventions on human rights most relevant to minorities,
such as the CoE FCNM (Framework Convention for the Protection of
National Minorities 1995). However the implementation of these provisions still
remains the weakest aspect of the Moldova's domestic legislation. The government
adopted three laws which aim to create the necessary space for using minority
languages, but these laws were adopted in 1989 and never renewed to take into
account the Declaration on Minorities and other international standards. The
situation of the Bulgarian and Ukrainian linguistic minorities is evidence
after 23 years, that the protection and enhancement of minority languages is
not being realized. The negative impact of the undeveloped legislative framework
can also be applied to other ethnic and religious minorities, namely Roma people,
Muslim and Jewish community and amongst other minorities.
ys.
Therefore, the government needs to undertake more positive measures towards minority
groups. In this sense, the situation of linguistic minorities in Moldova can be improved by taking
into account by the Moldovan government the recommendation 33 which sustain that:
"Governments should develop and implement inclusive and targeted education policies
that provide access to high-quality learning environments for all persons belonging to
minorities, and the opportunity, where appropriate for them, to learn and be taught in their
languages as required by the Declaration. Intercultural approaches that are
minority-sensitive should be adopted, with particular attention paid to reflecting the
plurality and contribution of minorities to society and to countering negative stereotypes
and myths" and also the following recommendations: