The Oslo Recommendations regarding the Linguistic Rights of National Minorities
A set of HCNM recommendations on the linguistic rights of national minorities. Based on the experience of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities and the advice of internationally recognized experts, these recommendations seek to provide guidance to OSCE participating States on how best to ensure the linguistic rights of national minorities within their borders.
These recommendations cover names, religion, community life and non-governmental organizations, the media, economic life, administrative authorities and public services, independent national institutions, the judicial authorities and deprivation of liberty. The recommendations are accompanied by a set of explanatory notes.
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