CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2023
| Author | Lupu, Arina |
|---|---|
| Title | Fighting against Language Scepticism: Linguistic Rights as a Part of Self-Identity of the Romanian National Minority in Ukraine |
| Summary | Since the adoption of the Law of Ukraine on Education in 2017, the linguistic rights of national minorities in Ukraine have constantly been under challenge. Since I am a member of the Romanian national minority, my focus in the Capstone Thesis is on language rights and the right to education in the mother tongue of the Romanian national minority. Additionally, I consider that this Law has had a detrimental impact on members of the Moldovan national minority. This feature is explained by the fact that they, along with representatives of the Romanian national minority, consider Romanian to be their native language. My main focus is on the Venice Commission Opinion findings, which target the Education Law and its “anti-national minority” linguistic rights provisions. Regarding legal protections within the human rights framework, I address the Council of Europe standards: the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, the European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages and the European Court of Human Rights case law. I indicate how these documents offer the fundamental provisions that serve as the framework for national laws that apply to national minorities and why Ukraine fails to comply with them. This Capstone Thesis serves as an advocacy campaign, proposing to modify discriminatory provisions within the legislation to instigate reforms and align Ukraine’s national minority legislation with European standards. |
| Supervisor | Polgári, Eszter |
| Department | Legal Studies LLM |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2023/lupu_arina.pdf |
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