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Québec's language policy is a progressive legal instrument protecting the linguistic rights of ALL Quebecers: Remember that the French-speaking majority of Quebec is a real linguistic and national '''minority''' inside Canada while the English-speaking "minority" of Quebec is the real linguistic and national '''majority''' inside Canada. | Québec's language policy is a progressive legal instrument protecting the linguistic rights of ALL Quebecers: Remember that the French-speaking majority of Quebec is a real linguistic and national '''minority''' inside Canada while the English-speaking "minority" of Quebec is the real linguistic and national '''majority''' inside Canada. | ||
* ''[[A legal opinion on international law, language and the future of French-speaking Canada]]'' by [[Wikipedia:Ramsey Clark|Ramsey Clark]] | * ''[[A legal opinion on international law, language and the future of French-speaking Canada]]'', by lawyer [[Wikipedia:Ramsey Clark|Ramsey Clark]] | ||
* ''[[Ethical Reflections on Bill 101]]'' by Gregory Baum | * ''[[Ethical Reflections on Bill 101]]'', by theologian Gregory Baum | ||
* [http://www.mef.qc.ca/why_we_need_bill_101.htm ''Why we need Bill 101''] by André Burelle | * [http://www.mef.qc.ca/why_we_need_bill_101.htm ''Why we need Bill 101''], by Philosophy Ph. D. André Burelle | ||
* ''[[The principles and means of Québec's language policy]]'' by Marc Chevrier | * ''[[The principles and means of Québec's language policy]]'', by Political Science Ph.D. Marc Chevrier | ||
* [http://www.neuvel.net/Quebec_ling.htm ''Québec's Linguistic Situation''] by linguist Sylvain Neuvel | * [http://www.neuvel.net/Quebec_ling.htm ''Québec's Linguistic Situation''], by linguist Sylvain Neuvel | ||
* [http://www.unesco.org/most/vl4n2romaine.pdf ''The Impact of Language Policy on Endangered Languages''] (PDF) | * [http://www.unesco.org/most/vl4n2romaine.pdf ''The Impact of Language Policy on Endangered Languages''] (PDF) | ||
Revision as of 22:36, 11 May 2007
"By virtue of the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, all peoples always have the right, in full freedom, to determine when and as they wish, their internal and external political status, without external interference, and to pursue as they wish their political, economic, social and cultural development." - 1975 Helsinki Final Act, principle VIII
The Progress of Human Rights
Human rights include both individual AND collective rights!
- Charter of the United Nations: Chapter 1
- Charter of the United Nations: Chapter 11
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Helsinki Final Act
- Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights
- UNESCO's MOST Programme : Linguistic Rights
- Language Constraints and Human Rights
- The Asmara Declaration on African Languages and Literatures
- Universal Declaration of the Collective Rights of Peoples
- Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights
- Minority Rights Group International
- Universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination
Enlightened opinions on Québec's language policy
Québec's language policy is a progressive legal instrument protecting the linguistic rights of ALL Quebecers: Remember that the French-speaking majority of Quebec is a real linguistic and national minority inside Canada while the English-speaking "minority" of Quebec is the real linguistic and national majority inside Canada.
- A legal opinion on international law, language and the future of French-speaking Canada, by lawyer Ramsey Clark
- Ethical Reflections on Bill 101, by theologian Gregory Baum
- Why we need Bill 101, by Philosophy Ph. D. André Burelle
- The principles and means of Québec's language policy, by Political Science Ph.D. Marc Chevrier
- Québec's Linguistic Situation, by linguist Sylvain Neuvel
- The Impact of Language Policy on Endangered Languages (PDF)