UN draft declaration of indigenous rights/language

[Richard LaFortune]

these are a few of the language specific articles from
the draft declaration/indigenous rights.  Hope it's
helpful
-Richard

http://www.unhchr.ch/huridocda/huridoca.nsf/(Symbol)/E.CN.4.SUB.2.RES.1994.45.En?OpenDocument

1994/45. Draft United Nations declaration on the
rights of
indigenous peoples

DRAFT UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS
OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

PART III
Article 14
Indigenous peoples have the right to revitalize, use,
develop and transmit to future generations their
histories, languages, oral traditions, philosophies,
writing systems and literatures, and to designate and
retain their own names for communities, places and
persons.


States shall take effective measures, whenever any
right of indigenous peoples may be threatened, to
ensure this right is protected and also to ensure that
they can understand and be understood in political,
legal and administrative proceedings, where necessary
through the provision of interpretation or by other
appropriate means.

PART IV
Article 15
Indigenous children have the right to all levels and
forms of education of the State. All indigenous
peoples also have this right and the right to
establish and control their educational systems and
institutions providing education in their own
languages, in a manner appropriate to their cultural
methods of teaching and learning.


Indigenous children living outside their communities
have the right to be provided access to education in
their own culture and language.


States shall take effective measures to provide
appropriate resources for these purposes.

Article 17
Indigenous peoples have the right to establish their
own media in their own languages. They also have the
right to equal access to all forms of non-indigenous
media.


States shall take effective measures to ensure that
State-owned media duly reflect indigenous cultural
diversity.






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