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Defendants to Be Permitted to Use Mother Tongue in Court Statements (January 25, 2013) by Wendy Zeldin

The Grand National Assembly (Turkey's parliament) adopted a law on January 23, ...

Topic: Languages
Jurisdiction: Turkey

Finnish Language Rights Extended (January 11, 2013) by Constance Johnson

Finnish speakers in eight additional districts in Sweden will have the option ...

Topic: Languages
Jurisdiction: Sweden

Minority Languages May Become Official in Parts of the Country (August 13, 2012) by Peter Roudik

On August 8, 2012, the President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovich, signed into law the Principles of State Language Policy Act adopted ...

Topic: Languages
Jurisdiction: Ukraine

Constitutional Amendment on Russian Language Proposed (January 06, 2012) by Peter Roudik

On January 3, 2012, the Central Election Commission of Latvia announced that a ...

Topic: Languages
Jurisdiction: Latvia

Venice Commission Recommends Further Amendment of Language Law (November 12, 2010) by Constance Johnson

The Slovak Republic enacted a State Language Law that became effective on September 1, 2009. The Law limited the public use ...

Topic: Languages
Jurisdiction: Slovak Republic

Recognition of Aboriginal Languages (September 01, 2010) by Dante Figueroa

On January 25, 2010, Colombia adopted Law 1381, which develops and regulates certain provisions of the Political Constitution and of Law ...

Topic: Languages
Jurisdiction: Colombia

New Law Encourages Multilingual Culture (January 19, 2010) by Edith Palmer

On January 1, 2010, a new Swiss law went into effect that aims at preserving the multilingual culture of Switzerland. (Bundesgesetz ...

Topic: Languages
Jurisdiction: Switzerland

Laws Translated into Minority Languages (January 23, 2009) by Peter Roudik

On January 5, 2009, the Government of Georgia launched the publication of the nation's Constitution and other legislative acts in the ...

Topic: Languages
Jurisdiction: Georgia

Laws Will Be Passed in Foreign Languages (December 15, 2008) by Peter Roudik

On December 2, 2008, the Armenian Parliament approved amendments to the Law on Legal Acts that obligate the government to draft, ...

Topic: Languages
Jurisdiction: Armenia

Decree Changes Orthography in Brazil (October 06, 2008) by Eduardo Soares

On September 29, 2008, Brazil's President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, signed Decree No. 6583, which promulgates the Orthographic Agreement of ...

Topic: Languages
Jurisdiction: Brazil

Parliament Approves Second Protocol to Orthographic Agreement (June 02, 2008) by Eduardo Soares

On May 16, 2008, the Portuguese Parliament approved the second protocol that modified the Orthographic Agreement of the Portuguese Language of ...

Topic: Languages
Jurisdiction: Portugal

New Measures to Promote the Native Language (December 02, 2007) by Peter Roudik

On November 20, 2007, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko signed a decree on further promotion of the state language, which is Ukrainian, ...

Topic: Languages
Jurisdiction: Ukraine

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Last updated: January 25, 2013