Essays about: "minority language rights"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words minority language rights.

1. 1. Cultural Genocide within International Law : A Legal Analysis of Power Dynamics

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Jinan I M Rawab; [2023]
   Keywords : International Law; Human Rights; Genocide Convention; Cultural Genocide; Law Cases; United Nations; Power Dynamics;

   Abstract : The crime of cultural genocide refers to the deliberate and systematic destruction or erasure of the cultural heritage, traditions, practices, and institutions of a group. It involves actions or policies aimed at undermining, suppressing, or eradicating the unique elements that define a culture, such as its language, customs, beliefs and way of life. READ MORE

3. 2. Platsanknuten konstnärlig gestaltning : vikten av att välja rätt plats för konst i det offentliga rummet

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Anna Backman; Sofie Laitamaa; [2022]
   Keywords : Landskapsarkitektur; offentlig konst; platsspecifik konst; tornedalsk konst; gestaltning; social hållbarhet; offentliga rummen; assimileringspolitik; minoritet; Tornedalen; tornedalingar; samverkan; samråd;

   Abstract : Tornedalingar är en svensk minoritet från Tornedalen som ligger i norra Sverige. Under historien har minoriteten utsatts för en assimileringspolitik för att försvenska tornedalingar. Detta har framförallt påverkat användningen av deras språk, meänkieli. READ MORE

4. 3. Language as a Ground of Discrimination: Example Swedish Finns A Critical Discourse Analysis of Swedish Minority Politics

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

   Author : Kia Salmela; [2022]
   Keywords : language; language as a ground of discrimination; power relations; Critical Discourse Analysis; linguicism; linguistic human rights; human rights; national minority; Swedish Finns; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Language is a protected ground for discrimination internationally, but not in Sweden, although minority politics recognize language as a human right. This thesis focuses on Swedish Finns, one of Sweden's national minorities. READ MORE

5. 4. The‌ ‌Role‌ ‌of‌ ‌Public‌ ‌Libraries‌ ‌in‌ ‌the‌ ‌Promotion‌ ‌of‌ ‌Sami‌ ‌Rights‌ ‌in‌ ‌Sweden‌ : A Normative Perspective

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Elin Lundin; [2021]
   Keywords : Public library; Sami minority; Sweden; minority language rights; minority culture rights;

   Abstract : According to 2§ of the Swedish Library Act, libraries shall work towards the development of a democratic society by spreading knowledge and providing people with the possibility to form their own opinions (SFS, 2013:801). It’s a natural consequence that Sweden’s national minorities are not provided with the same amount of services as the majority community, however the extent of how much space the minorities ought to be given in public libraries is a relatively unexplored research topic. READ MORE

6. 5. A State of One's Own? - A Legal Study of the Right to Self-Determination and Secession with Focus on the case of Québec and Canada

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten; Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Hilda Hansson; [2020]
   Keywords : public international law; self-determination; secession; territorial integrity; human rights; democracy; sovereignty; minority rights; Quebec; Canada; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the right of a people to self-determination and the possibility of secession in a democratic context, focusing on the Québec-Canada case. To that end, it studies (1) the historic and contemporary relationship between Québec and Canada, (2) the meaning of the right to self-determination within international law, (3) possibilities for unilateral secession, and (4) secession by virtue of democracy. READ MORE