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Current Issues In Language Planning
Polity Editors: Robert B. Kaplan (University of Southern California), Richard B. Baldauf Jr. (University of Queensland) and Nkonko Kamwangamalu (Howard University)
Bob and Dick are also editors of the book series Language Policy and Planning


Volume: 4  Number: 2  Page: 161–171

The Fédération Internationale des Professeurs de Langues Vivantes (FIPLV) and Language Rights
Denis Cunningham

This paper outlines work undertaken by FIPLV as an affiliate of UNESCO in the development of a document outlining linguistic human rights. The paper examines how subsequent drafts have been modified and identifies some of the difficulties experienced in developing the drafts. After more than two decades of work, the process is still incomplete.

Keywords: LANGUAGE RIGHTS, UNESCO, FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DE LANGUES VIVANTES

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