Abstract:
Over the past sixty years, the notion that language rights might be accorded the status of a fundamental human right and be recognized as such by nation[states and supranational organizations has been both highly contentious and widely contested. The key point of contention has not been on the general right of an individual to continue to speak a language (any language) unmolested in the private or familial domain, since this broadly accords with the protection of individual human rights that has developed in the post-Second World War era and is thus relatively uncontroversial. ...