Framework Convention and the Right to Use Minority Languages – The Case of Slovenia
Framework Convention and the Right to Use Minority Languages – The Case of Slovenia

Author(s): Miran Komac, Sonja Novak Lukanović
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Sociology, Inter-Ethnic Relations, Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Институт друштвених наука
Keywords: minority languages; FCNM; national minorities; bilingualism
Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the right to the official use of minority languages in Slovenia in relation to the standards of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. The authors point to examples of the application of this right in Slovenia and to the problems arising in the national policy of multiculturalism, in which multilingualism should play an integrative role. Taking into account experiences, and on the basis of arguments, the authors take a certain scepticism regarding the effectiveness of the system for the protection of the rights of national minorities.

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