Languages and legislation > International Rules

In this section you can consult relevant international rulings that include dispositions or deal directly with language issues and the rights of their speakers produced by UNO, UNESCO, International Labor Organization (ILO), Organiztion for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Council of Europe (CoE) and European Union (EU). And also other international documents that approach linguistic rights, minorities and language issues.

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0.6.1. Juridical Acts with normative involvements

0.6.1.1. Constitutive Treaty of the Economic European Community
0.6.1.2. Constitutive Treaty of the European Community of the Athomic Energy
0.6.1.3. Regulation No. 1/1958 determining the languages to be used by the European Economic Community (consolidated text 2003)
0.6.1.4. Act concerning the conditions of accession to the Community of Danemark, Ireland and the United Kingdom
0.6.1.5. Regulation (Euratom, ECSC, EEC) nº 857/72 of the Council of 24 April 1972, providing for special editions of the Official Journal of the European Communities
0.6.1.6. Act concerning the conditions of accession to the Community of Greece
0.6.1.7. Resolution of the European Communities Council, 11 of June 1985, related to the adhesion of the Spanish Kingdom and the Portuguese Republic to the Coal and Steel European Community
0.6.1.8. Justice Court. Rules of Procedure, of 19 of June 1991
0.6.1.9. Rules of procedure of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities, of 2 May 1991
0.6.1.10. Treaty on European Union, signed in Maastricht on 7 February 1992
0.6.1.11. Treaty on European Union. Final Act
0.6.1.12. Council Decision of 6 December 1993 adopting the Council's Rules of Procedure
0.6.1.13. Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Kingdom of Norway, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded
0.6.1.14. Resolution of the European Union Council, 1st of January 1995, in which are established the implements related to the adhesion of the new member States to the European Union (95/1/CE, Euratom, CECA)
0.6.1.15. European Union. The Council of the European Union. Council Decision on the adoption of a multiannual programme to promote the linguistic diversity of the Community in the information society (96/664/CE. OJEU Nº L 306/40, 28-11-96), of 21 November 1996
0.6.1.16. The Amsterdam Treaty, agreed by the European Union's political leaders on 17 June and signed on 2 October 1997
0.6.1.17. Decision No 1934/2000/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Year of Languages 2001, of 17 July 2000
0.6.1.18. Treaty of Nice Amending the treaty on European Union, the treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts. Official Journal of the European Communities C 80/1, of 10 March 2001
0.6.1.19. Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe
0.6.1.20. European Parliament resolution on the protection of minorities and anti-discrimination policies in an enlarged Europe (2005/2008(INI)). 8 June 2005 [de, en, fr, pl]
0.6.1.21. Court of Justice. Inclusion of Bulgarian and Romanian among the languages of procedure for the Court. 13 December 2006 [de, en, fr]
0.6.1.22. Consolidated versions of the treaty on European Union and of the treaty establishing the European Community. 29 December 2006 [de, en, fr, pl]
0.6.1.23. Council Regulation (EC) No 168/2007 of 15 February 2007 establishing a European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights [de, en, fr, pl]
0.6.1.24. Treaty of Lisbon. 13 December 2007 [de, en, fr, pl]
0.6.1.25. Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. 14 December 2007 [de, en, fr, pl]
0.6.1.26. European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision implementing Regulation (EC) No 168/2007 as regards the adoption of a Multiannual Framework for the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights for 2007-2012. 17 January 2008 (COM(2007)0515 – C6-0322/2007 – 2007/0189(CNS)) [de, en, fr, pl]

0.6.2. Resolutions of the European Parliament with normative consequences on the Parliament activity

0.6.2.1. Internal rules of the European Parliament
0.6.2.2. Resolution on languages in the Community and the situation of catalan
0.6.2.3. Resolution on the right to use one's own language
0.6.2.4. European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an integrated action programme in the field of lifelong learning. 25 October 2005 (COM(2004)0474 – C6-0095/2004 – 2004/0153(COD)) [de, en, fr, pl]
0.6.2.5. European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (5067/2006 - COM(2005)0678 – C6-0025/2006 – 2005/0268(CNS)) [de, en, fr, pl]

0.6.3. Resolutions of the European Parliament without juridical consequences

0.6.3.1. Resolution on a Community charter of regional languages and cultures and on a charter of rights of ethnic minorities. Resolution prepared by Mr Gaetano Arfé and adopted by the European Parliament on 16 October 1981
0.6.3.2. Resolution on the multilingualism of the European Community
0.6.3.3. Resolution on measures in favour of minority languages and cultures. Resolution prepared by Mr. Gaetano Arfé and adopted by the European Parliament on 11 February 1983
0.6.3.4. Resolution on the languages and cultures of reginal and ehtnic minorities in the European Community. Resolution prepared by Mr. Willy Kuijpers, and adopted by the european Parliament on 30 October 1987
0.6.3.5. Resolution on the Commission communication entitled "New prospects for Communtiy cultural action". Resolution prepared by Mr. Roperto Barzanti and adopted by the European parliament on 21 January 1993
0.6.3.6. Resolution of the European Parliament, 9 February 1994 (A3-0042/94), on linguistic minorities in the European Community
0.6.3.7. Resolution on the use of the official languages in the institutions of the European Union
0.6.3.8. Proposal for a Council decision adopting a Multiannual Community programme to stimulate the development and use of European digital content on the global networks and to promote linguistic diversity in the Information Society. 14 December 2000 (COM(2000) 323 - C5-0462/2000 - 2000/0128(CNS)) [de, en, fr]
0.6.3.9. European Parliament resolution on preserving and promoting cultural diversity: the role of the European regions and international organisations such as UNESCO and the Council of Europe (2002/2269(INI))
0.6.3.10. European Parliament resolution on working towards a Convention on the protection of the diversity of cultural content and artistic expression. 14 April 2005 [de, en, fr, pl]
0.6.3.11. European Parliament resolution on social inclusion in the new Member States. 9 June 2005. (2004/2210(INI)) [de, en, fr, pl]
0.6.3.12. European Parliament resolution on measures to promote multilingualism and language learning in the European Union: European Indicator of Language Competence. 27 April 2006 [de, en, fr, pl]
0.6.3.13. European Parliament resolution on a new framework strategy for multilingualism.15 November 2006 (2006/2083(INI)) [de, en, fr, pl]
0.6.3.14. European Parliament resolution on adult learning: it is never too late to learn. 16 January 2008 (2007/2114(INI)) [de, en, fr, pl]
0.6.3.15. European Parliament resolution on a European agenda for culture in a globalising world. 10 April 2008 [de, en, fr, pl]
0.6.3.16. European Parliament resolution on cultural industries in Europe. 10 April 2008 (2007/2153(INI)) [de, en, fr, pl]

0.6.4. Acts without juridical involvements

0.6.4.1. Resolution on "regional and minority languages "Lyon October 2000
0.6.4.2. Charter of Fundamental Righs of the European Union, Niza, 2001
0.6.4.3. European Parliament resolution on regional and lesser-used European
languages, December 13, 2001
0.6.4.4. Council Resolution of 14 February 2002 on the promotion of linguistic
diversity and language learning in the framework of the implementation of
the objectives of the European Year of Languages 2001
0.6.4.5. European Parliament resolution violations of human rights and democracy in the Republic of Mari El in the Russian Federation. 12 May 2005 [de, en, fr, pl]
0.6.4.6. European Parliament resolution on the conclusion of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States and the Republic of Albania. 6 September 2006 [de, en, fr, pl]
0.6.4.7. European Parliament resolution on Turkey's progress towards accession. 27 September 2006 (2006/2118(INI)) [de, en, fr, pl]
0.6.4.8. European Parliament resolution of 12 July 2007 on the 2006 Progress Report on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (2006/2289(INI)) [de, en, fr]
0.6.4.9. European Parliament resolution on Iran. 1 January 2008 [de, en, fr, pl]
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