The importance of mother tongue education in exercising minority rights. The case of the ethnic Hungarian minority of Ukraine in Transcarpathia

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dc.contributor.authorGyeney Laura
dc.contributor.authorTarpai Zsuzsanna
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-29T10:21:08Z
dc.date.available2025-10-29T10:21:08Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the legal framework governing the right to mother tongue education for national minorities, with a specific focus on the ethnic Hungarian community in Ukraine’s Transcarpathian region. It asks how recent Ukrainian legislative reforms, particularly since 2017, have reshaped or curtailed previously acquired language rights, and to what extent these changes align with international standards on minority protection. The study employs a legal-analytical methodology, systematically reviewing relevant international instruments, domestic Ukrainian legislation, and case law, alongside contextual political analysis. Special attention is given to the ambiguities in legal interpretation and implementation, as well as the evolving role of kin-state advocacy by Hungary. Findings reveal that while formal guarantees for minority language education still exist, their scope has been significantly reduced by recent education and language laws. Although a 2023 amendment restored certain rights for EU-language minorities, such as Hungarians, the broader legal and institutional environment remains fragile and politically contingent. The case study contributes to the literature by highlighting the central role of linguistic rights within the broader framework of minority protections and by demon strating how legal uncertainty and gradual legislative regression can erode previously established guarantees in this field. Its conclusions offer critical insights into the tension between nation-building and minority inclusion in post-Soviet and conflict-affected Ukraine.
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dc.identifier.citationGyeney Laura - Tarpai Zsuzsanna: The importance of mother tongue education in exercising minority rights: the case of the ethnic Hungarian minority of Ukraine in Transcarpathia. Kisebbségvédelem / Minority Report XI (2025) 142-162 p
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.64604/FETY2304
dc.identifier.issn2676-8992
dc.identifier.issue11. szám
dc.identifier.jtitleKisebbségvédelem / Minority Protection
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14834/11889
dc.languageangol
dc.publisherKároli Gáspár Református Egyetem
dc.rightsszabadon hozzáférhető
dc.subjectkisebbségi jogok
dc.subjectnyelvhasználat
dc.subjectoktatási jogok
dc.subjectesettanulmány
dc.subjectKárpátalja
dc.subjectUkrajna
dc.subjectmagyarság
dc.subject.classificationtársadalomtudományok::jog, jogtudomány, jogtörténet
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