Minority language protection in Europe
Subtitle: into a new decade
Series: Regional or minority languages
Publisher: Council of Europe
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Strasbourg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9789287167279
Subjects: Linguistic minorities
Other titles: Protection des langues minoritaires en Europe :
Description: This volume contains a selection of papers based on presentations given at the international conference entitled "The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages: Achievements and Challenges", co-organised by the Council of Europe, the Government of Spain, the Government of the Basque Country and the University of the Basque Country, which was held in Bilbao (Spain) on 20 and 21 April 2009.This work looks at the future prospects of the charter in the light of the experience gained over the first decade of the charter's existence. It is evident that governments bear the primary responsibility in preparing for ratification and in applying the charter, and this is illustrated by case studies for some states parties to the charter. However, regional and local authorities also play a very important role in relation to the charter as they are confronted on a daily basis with the use and protection of minority languages. -- Council of Europe.