Table of Contents

Foreword; Editorial board; Abbreviations Part I. Academic Discussion: The linguistic rights of minorities in Europe Fernand de Varennes; All languages - great and small: A look at the linguistic future of Europe with particular reference to lesser used languages Dónall Ó Riagáin; Non-territorial languages: Romany as an example Marcia Rooker; A never-ending story? The Italian draft Bill on the protection of linguistic minorities Francesco Palermo; The Frisian language in the Netherlands Floris van Laanen; Linguistic rights in Spain Giovanni Poggeschi; Steps towards a minority policy in Sweden Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark; Part II. International Activities and Documents: United Nations: the protection of minorities within the United Nations Cecilia Thompson; Documents; Council of Europe; Protection of linguistic rights within the Council of Europe Snezana Trifunovska; Documents; The European Union; A rough orientation through a delicate relationship: the EU's endeavours for its minorities Gabriel von Toggenburg; Documents; Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe; Linguistic rights and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Edwin Bakker; The protection of minority language rights through the work of OSCE Institutions John Packer; Documents; Council of the Baltic Sea States; Protection of rights of persons belonging to minorities in the Baltic Sea States Ole Espersen and Hanne Fugl; Central European Initiative; Activities of the Central European initiative in the field of minorities Snezana Trifunovska; Documents; Part III. National Activities and Documents: Introductory remarks The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Max van der Stoel; Report on the linguistic rights of persons belonging to National minorities in the OSCE area, March 1999; Survey of national activities and documents; Albania; Andorra; Armenia; Austria; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Belgium; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark;Estonia; Finland; France; Georgia; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Iceland; Ireland; Italy; Kazakstan; Kyrgyzstan; Latvia; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Macedonia (The Former Yugoslav Republic of); Malta; Moldova; Monaco; The Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Russian Federation; San Marino; Slovak Republic; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Tajikistan; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Ukraine; United Kingdom; Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of).

About the Author

Dr. S. Trifunovska is currently a Senior University Lecturer at the Law Faculty, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. She is also the editor of Minorities in Europe: Croatia, Estonia and Slovakia