Language Rights & Language Justice

On 17 December 2016, the Donostia Protocol to Ensure Language Rights, finalised by a committee of organisations including the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), was released and presented to the public at the Kursaal Palace in Donostia – San Sebastián, after a preparatory work of almost two years. More than 100 organizations representing approximately 26 languages signed it on that day, while many others have already agreed to do so. The Donostia Protocol, concluded the extensive programme of Donostia/San Sebastián as European Capital of Culture for 2016. Read on /.

On  the  initiative  of  International  PEN,  a  World  Conference  on Linguistic  Rights  was  held  at  Barcelona,  Spain,  from  6  to  9  June1996.  It  brought  together  more  than  100  associations,  NGOs  and institutions  concerned  with  this  issue,  which,  at  the  close  of  their discussions, adopted a ‘Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights’.The  signatories  have  communicated  the  text  of  this  Declaration  to the Director-General of UNESCO and requested him to examine it, with a view to its subsequent submission, in an appropriate form, to the  General  Assembly  of  the  United  Nations.  The  Director-General brings  this  request  and  the  Declaration ...