scholarly journals The Council of Europe and the European Union frameworks in the legal protection of minority languages: unity or diversity?

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 347-366
Author(s):  
Alessia Vacca
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Minority Languages ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
Treaty Of Lisbon ◽  
National Minorities ◽  
Charter Of Fundamental Rights ◽  
Regional Or Minority Languages

This article focuses on the comparison between European Union Law and Council of Europe Law in the field of the protection of minority languages and looks at the relationships between the two systems. The Council of Europe has been very important in the protection of minority languages, having created two treaties of particular relevance: the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages in 1992 and the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities in 1995; both treaties contain many detailed provisions relating to minority languages. Not all countries, even of the European Union, have ratified these treaties. 12 out of 27 EU countries did not ratify the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. The European Union supports multilingualism because it wants to achieve unity while maintaining diversity. Important steps, with respect to minority languages, were taken in the European Community, notably in the form of European Parliament Resolutions. The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, approved in Nice the 7th December 2000, contains art. 21 and art. 22 related to this topic. The Treaty of Lisbon makes a cross reference to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union which is, consequently, legally binding under the Treaty of Lisbon since December 2009. The Charter could give ground for appeal to the European Court of Justice in cases of discrimination on the grounds of language

scholarly journals Consenso libero ed informato: la Convenzione di Oviedo nell'articolato contesto storico e giuridico delle fonti / Free and informed consent: the Oviedo Convention in the articulated historical and legal context of the sources

2016 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando De Angelis
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Informed Consent ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Treaty Of Lisbon ◽  
Legal Context ◽  
Charter Of Fundamental Rights

La Convenzione di Oviedo del 1997 ha creato regole basilari ed uniformi in tema di consenso libero ed informato. Nonostante siano passati vent’anni, pochi Stati hanno firmato e ratificato la Convenzione. Oggi però la Carta dei diritti fondamentali di Nizza del 2000 ed il Trattato di Lisbona del 2007, riformando profondamente l’Unione Europea, possono dare finalmente alla Convenzione di Oviedo l’auspicata attuazione interna, seppur in modo indiretto. Il contributo affronta il tema dell’articolato contesto storico e giuridico delle fonti di questa Convenzione. ---------- The Oviedo Convention of 1997 has established fundamental and uniform rules in reference to free and informed consent. Even though twenty years have passed, few States have signed and ratified the Convention. Anyway, today’s the Charter of Fundamental Rights of 2000 and the Treaty of Lisbon of 2007, reforming deeply the European Union, can finally give the hoped implementation to the Convention of Oviedo, at least indirectly. The contribution deals with the articulated historical and juridical context of the sources related to the Convention.

The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union: The First Ten Years-New Challenges and Perspectives

Laws ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
Vasileios G. Tzemos ◽  
Konstantinos Margaritis
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Legal Order ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Eu Law ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Treaty Of Lisbon ◽  
Charter Of Fundamental Rights ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
The Eu

Since 1 December 2009, the time when the Treaty of Lisbon came into force, the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (hereinafter: the EU Charter, the Charter) has been formally included in the EU legal order as primary EU law [...]

scholarly journals La interpretación del art. 47 CDFUE como expresión de la labor hermenéutica del Tribunal de Luxemburgo en la construcción de un estándar europeo de protección de los derechos

2017 ◽  
pp. 655 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ciro Milione
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Fair Trial ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Standard ◽  
Treaty Of Lisbon ◽  
Charter Of Fundamental Rights ◽  
Effective Remedy ◽  
The Right

Desde la entrada en vigor del Tratado de Lisboa, la Carta de los Derechos Fundamentales de la Unión Europea (CDFUE) ha adquirido una relevancia incuestionable en su ámbito material. El Tribunal de Luxemburgo, en calidad de supremo intérprete de la Carta, interviene para definir el alcance de sus preceptos, construyendo con sus sentencias un verdadero estándar de protección de los derechos en seno a la Unión. Este estudio pone de manifiesto esta evolución a partir del análisis las resoluciones más relevantes del Tribunal de Luxemburgo en relación al art. 47 (CDFUE) por el que se consagra el derecho a la tutela judicial efectiva y a un juez imparcial.Since the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon, the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (CFREU) has acquired an unquestionable relevance in its material scope. The Luxembourg Court, as ultimate interpreter of the Charter, intervenes to define the extent of its precepts, establishing a European standard of protection of fundamental rights. This paper describes this evolution, taking into consideration the most relevant resolutions from the Luxembourg Court on the art. 47 CFREU, which establishes the right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial.

Language Rights of European Minorities in the Administration of Justice, Public Administration and Public Services

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-140
Author(s):  
Noémi Nagy
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Minority Languages ◽  
Language Rights ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
National Minorities ◽  
Administration Of Justice ◽  
Regional Or Minority Languages

This article provides an overview of European minorities’ language rights in the administration of justice, public administration, and public services in 2019. Relevant legal developments are presented in the activities of the major international organizations, i.e. the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the European Union, and the Council of Europe. Since the most relevant treaties on the language rights of minorities in Europe are the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages and the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, special attention is paid to the implementation thereof. Whereas international monitoring mechanisms devoted to the effective protection of minorities are abundant, language rights of national minorities receive less attention, especially in the fields of official language use, that is, in public administration and justice. The regulation of these areas has been traditionally considered as almost exclusively belonging to the states’ competence, and international organizations are consequently reluctant to interfere. As a result, the official use of minority languages differs in the various countries of Europe, with both good practices (e.g. the Netherlands, Spain, Finland) and unbalanced situations (e.g. Estonia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan).

Can the EU live up to the expectations of its child citizens?

2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 451-476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cath Larkins
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Treaty Of Lisbon ◽  
Eu Policy ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
Charter Of Fundamental Rights ◽  
Minority Ethnic ◽  
The Eu

AbstractThere has been increasing interest in children's rights from the EU, seen in the Commission's 2006 Communication (COM(367) Final 2006), the Treaty of Lisbon 2009 and the Commission's 2011 Communication An EU Agenda for the Rights of the Child (COM(2011) 60 final). The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union Article 24(1), states that children 'may express their views freely. Such views shall be taken into consideration on matters which concern them in accordance with their age and maturity.' The time is therefore ripe to address the views of children towards the EU, in the expectation that the EU may be ready to take them into consideration. In research in two EU Member States, fifty-five children aged 5 to 13 – in groups of refugee, minority ethnic, looked after, gypsy traveller, disabled and young caring children – developed claims for citizenship. This article looks at examples of the groups' claims in the context of EU policy, to explore what the EU could do to live up to the expectations of these young citizens.

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