Abstract:
A major theoretical contribution on language rights in one of the leading international journals on Human Rights, this article explores why the right to maintain one's language(s), without discrimination, remains peculiarly underrepresented and/or problematized as a key human right. Drawing on theoretical debates in political theory and international law, as well as the substantive empirical example of Catalonia, this article argues that language rights can and should be recognized as an important human right.