TY - JOUR AU - Vacca, Alessia PY - 2011/12/31 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - The Council of Europe and the European Union frameworks in the legal protection of minority languages: unity or diversity? JF - Eesti ja soome-ugri keeleteaduse ajakiri. Journal of Estonian and Finno-Ugric Linguistics JA - ESUKA-JEFUL VL - 2 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.12697/jeful.2011.2.1.23 UR - https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/jeful/article/view/jeful.2011.2.1.23 SP - 347-366 AB - <p><span style="left: 219.12px; top: 249.86px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00125);">This article focuses on the comparison between Euro</span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 269.779px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.02402);">pean Union Law and Council of Europe Law in the field of the </span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 289.819px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.971768);">protection of minority languages and looks at the relationships be</span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 309.859px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.955618);">tween the two systems. The Council of Europe has been very </span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 329.778px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.988294);">important in the protection of minority languages, having created </span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 349.818px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.988328);">two treaties of particular relevance: the European Charter for Re</span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 369.859px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00978);">gional or Minority Languages in 1992 and the Framework Con</span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 389.778px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.945178);">vention for the Protection of National Minorities in 1995; both </span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 409.818px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.983347);">treaties contain many detailed provisions relating to minority lan</span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 429.858px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.990413);">guages. Not all countries, even of the European Union, have rati</span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 449.777px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.927206);">fied these treaties. 12 out of 27 EU countries did not ratify the </span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 469.817px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.975698);">European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. The Euro</span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 489.858px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.991594);">pean Union supports multilingualism because it wants to achieve </span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 509.777px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.979413);">unity while maintaining diversity. Important steps, with respect to </span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 529.817px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.966743);">minority languages, were taken in the European Community, nota</span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 549.857px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.991474);">bly in the form of European Parliament Resolutions. The Charter </span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 569.776px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.993491);">of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, approved in Nice </span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 589.816px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.984196);">the 7th December 2000, contains art. 21 and art. 22 related to this </span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 609.857px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.971847);">topic. The Treaty of Lisbon makes a cross reference to the Charter </span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 629.776px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01964);">of Fundamental Rights of the European Union which is, conse</span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 649.816px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.986929);">quently, legally binding under the Treaty of Lisbon since Decem</span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 669.856px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00427);">ber 2009. The Charter could give ground for appeal to the Euro</span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 689.775px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.982082);">pean Court of Justice in cases of discrimination on the grounds of</span> language</p> ER -