The right to education in minority languages before the European Court of Human Rights. Recent case law
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2025
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Károli Gáspár Református Egyetem
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This article analysed the most recent decisions delivered by the European Court of Human Rights on the right to have education in minority languages for the members of such minorities based on the European Convention on Human Rights. The Court basically confirmed its long-established stance that state parties have no duty to ensure education in languages other than the official one (or more, as the case may be). These decisions have also confirmed that the European Convention on Human Rights is not suitable or is suitable in a limited fashion for the protection of some specific human rights of the members of nation al and linguistic minorities. It is regrettable that the Court did not use the opportunity to expand the interpretation of the Convention to also cover the right to education in minority languages. Such an interpretation could have relied on the two Council of Europe treaties dedicated specifically to the protection of minorities and their languages. These treaties have recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of entering into force: the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages and the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities.
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kisebbségi jogok, nyelvhasználat, oktatási jogok, esettanulmány, emberi jogok, Emberi Jogok Európai Bírósága
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Vesna Crnić-Grotić: The right to education in minority languages before the European Court of Human Rights – recent case law. Kisebbségvédelem / Minority Report XI (2025) 7-26 p