Language Human Rights

2017 ◽  
pp. 262-279
Author(s):  
Hossein Davari
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Language Rights ◽  
Exponential Decline ◽  
Practical Recommendations

Language Human Rights as a newly-grown type of human rights has been raised in the field of linguistics in recent two decades. Due to its increasing importance, this chapter attempts to firstly define this concept, its nature and scope. Secondly, it tries to introduce the trace of this type of human rights in the available documents. Then, the chapter deals with and discusses the reasons for growing importance of language human rights from at least three aspects, namely a) the exponential decline and loss of world's languages; b) the growing presence of English as the language of globalization; c) nationalism and the violation of language rights of the minority in the field of education. Finally, some suggestions and practical recommendations are provided.

Beyond an Anxiety Logic: A Critical Examination of Language Rights Cases before the European Court of Human Rights

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-119
Author(s):  
Dana Schmalz
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Language Rights ◽  
National Minorities ◽  
European Court ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Argument Proceeds ◽  
The Right ◽  
Individual Dimension

Abstract Language rights have traditionally been codified and discussed in the context of minority protection. The identification of language rights with questions of national minorities can, however, confound the analysis. This article explores the freedom of using a language and argues that the individual dimension of language rights must not be ignored beside the group dimension. The argument proceeds along a reading of three recent cases from the European Court of Human Rights, which concerned the use of Kurdish in Turkey. The Court’s reasoning illustrates the risk of an ‘anxiety logic’, which sees any language rights in connection with political claims of groups, thereby introducing additional conditions for the right and disregarding the significance a specific language can have for an individual, being more than a medium of conveying and receiving information. Conceptualising language use as an individual freedom is necessary also to account for situations other than national minorities, most importantly for the language rights of immigrants.

Language Rights as Human Rights: A Sociolinguistic Study of the Universal Declaration of Language Rights 1996

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Abbas Deygan Darweesh
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Universal Declaration ◽  
Current Paper ◽  
Human Language ◽  
Language Rights ◽  
Public Speech ◽  
Linguistic Rights ◽  
Rights Theories

This study addresses a sociolinguistic evaluation of the universal declaration of linguistic rights in 1996. It aims to analyze the basic aspects and motivations of the declaration with reference to the problems that are not dealt with in it. Thus, the current paper adopts the following procedure to achieve its aim: (1) reviewing literature on language rights theories, (2) conducting a qualitative sociolinguistic analysis for each part of the declaration, (3) and discussing the results of analysis with some evaluation of the declaration. This study is supposed to be of value to sociolinguists, critical applied linguists, discourse analysts and language planners. It has been concluded that the universal declaration of linguistic rights is based on the human language rights hypothesis with some reference to the minority hypothesis. The factors that have been addressed are power, dominance, inequality, culture, and identity. Moreover, Language is seen as constituting rather than reflecting identity. The declaration treats important issues in language rights in several domains such as education, communication, politics, socio-economics, technology and public speech.

scholarly journals Türkiye’de “Daha İyi Bir Yaşam” Peşinde: Türkiye'deki Afgan Mültecilerin Durumunun İnsan Hakları Açısından Değerlendirilmesi

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (11) ◽  
pp. 245-274
Author(s):  
Sanaa Talwasa
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Syrian Refugees ◽  
Refugee Status ◽  
Afghan Refugees ◽  
Final Destination ◽  
Geographical Position ◽  
Practical Recommendations

Turkey hosts the vast majority, more than four million, of refugees in the world, and Afghans make up the second-largest group of this population. Turkey is considered both a transit, a gate toward European countries, and a destination country for refugees due to its geographical position. Nevertheless, the majority of asylum seekers in Turkey are Syrian who have moved into since 2011. The author claims that Turkey and international refugee supporters prefer Syrian refugees’ legal protection, which causes Afghans to suffer massive violations of basic human rights during their journey to Turkey, after arrival, and while seeking refugee status in Turkey. This paper considers current condition of Afghan asylum seekers’ international human rights in Turkey who are waiting for their final destination toward European countries. Similarly, this paper highlights the possible consequences of current strategies’ application on Afghan refugees’ human rights conditions based on UNHCR's most recent system. The author includes practical recommendations and suggestions for international society as well as Turkey to enhance the human rights condition of refugees, especially Afghans, since this concept requires global cooperation rather than only Turkey’s efforts.

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