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U.S. English Foundation Research DENMARK
Language Research7. International treaties: Did the country ratify any international treaty dealing with the protection of minorities?Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities signed on February 1, 1995, ratified on September 22, 1997, enacted on February 1, 1998. European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages was signed by Denmark on November 5, 1992. Updated (January 2001) On January 1, 2001 the European Charter of Regional and Minority Languages came into force in Denmark. This European treaty, which aims at the protection of the European linguistic diversity was open to signature in 1992 and came into force in 1998. Up to the present moment 24 Council of Europe member-states have signed it though only 11 countries have ratified it. Denmark signed it in September 2000. The interest will be aimed at the German in Southern Jylland, which is considered a minority language. Regarding the Faroese and Greenlandic languages these already have a high degree of protection so the European Charter should not apply to them. |
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