References

In March, 2015 the organising committee stipulated the references for drawing up the Protocol. The 1996 Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights is to be the Protocol’s chief guide. Another fundamental reference document will be UNESCO’s 2003 report, “Language Vitality and Endangerment,” which lays down specific evaluation indicators. Besides these two main references, the following documents or charters will also be taken into consideration by the Protocol for the Safeguarding of Language Rights:

 

UNITED NATIONS

  • Universal Declaration of Humarn Rights (1948)
  • International Covenant on Civil and Politicar Rights (1966)
  •  International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966)
  •  Proclamation of Teheran (1968)
  •  UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989)
  •  Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities (1992)
  •  Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action (1993)
  •  Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People (2007)

 

COUNCIL OF EUROPE

  • Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1950)
  • European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages (1992)
  • Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (1994) UNESCO
  • Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity (2001)
  • Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (2005)

 

ORGANISATION FOR SECURITY AND CO-OPERATION IN EUROPE

  • Hague Recommendations Regarding the Education Rights of National Minorities (1996)
  • Oslo Recommendations Regarding the Linguistic Rights of National Minorities (1998)
  • Lund Recommendations on the Effective Participation of National Minorities (1999

 

EUROPEAN UNION

  • EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
  • Treaty of Lisbon
  •  Report with recommendations to the Commission on European regional and lesser used languages – the languages of minorities in the EU – in the context of enlargement and cultural diversity
  • European Parliament resolution on 11 September 2013 on endangered European languages and linguistic diversity in the European Union

PEN INTERNATIONAL

  • PEN INTERNATIONAL: Girona Manifesto on Linguistic Rights

 

NETWORK TO PROMOTE LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY

  • The Roadmap for Linguistic Diversity