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Irish Language Act

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  • #52
    Shep_Dog
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    gananam wrote: »
    You really need to educate yourself on minority language rights.
    A good place to start would be the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.
    For example, straight from the preamble:
    ''Considering that the right to use a regional or minority language in private and public life is an inalienable right conforming to the principles embodied in the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and according to the spirit of the Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms; ''

    So as we can see, it is held that members of a minority language community do indeed have a right to use their language both in the private and public sphere.
    The critical fact in the above would be to define what a person's language is. It would be an abuse of the convention to use it to facilitate people who are not aboriginal native speakers and who are not in any practical way affected by having to use their actual native language (English).
    gananam wrote: »
    Rights granted in legislation can be removed by legislation, but there is little chance of that happening in the case of Irish. As for government inaction, that's what courts are for. There is a list of cases that Irish speakers have taken against the state to vindicate their rights to use Irish. A notable one in 2001 essentially forced the states hand in enacting the OLA.
    The North can learn from mistakes made in the South where onerous obligations have been created and absurd situations have ensued. One way that could prevent abuse of the OLA or its proposed equivalent in the North would be to officially certify genuine native speakers whose human rights should be protected under the convention. People wishing to undergo cultural re-assignment by switching from English to Irish as their official language should be required to undergo a proficiency test.


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