The Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination With Regard to Language
AbstractVarious domestic Constitutions and legislation as well as both regional and international human rights instruments have sought to protect language rights under the principles of non-discrimination and equality. However, the interpretation of the concepts of non-discrimination and equality, as well as the extent to which these concepts have, in fact, been of use regarding linguistic rights varies quite an amount from court to court and from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, thus creating a great deal of uncertainty in the field of language rights. The author concludes that that despite the protection offered by domestic, regional and international provisions dealing with discrimination, freedom of expression and minority protection, language rights are often severely limited and sometimes violated. The current protection offered to language rights is, therefore, not sufficient. |