Intercultural Human Rights Law Review
First Page
137
Abstract
This presentation will provide an overview of the impact of the European human rights regime on language rights of minorities. I will focus on the most comprehensive legal instrument in the area of minority rights, the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities ("Framework Convention"), and on its monitoring mechanism.1 This treaty, which entered into force approximately ten years ago, has provoked a number of improvements in the protection of language and other rights of national minorities. I believe that it can be a source of inspiration for those working on minority rights outside Europe, even though, within the realm of minority rights, regional answers do not automatically work outside their home base. Given the diversity of situations and wide variety of cultural, linguistic, and other contexts, minority rights regimes do not always "travel well."
Recommended Citation
Antti Korkeakivi,
In Defense of Speaking out: The European Human Rights Regime and the Protection of Minority Languages,
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Intercultural Hum. Rts. L. Rev.
137
(2008).
Available at:
https://scholarship.stu.edu/ihrlr/vol3/iss1/5