Follow-up Indicators for Linguistic Rights

• Main Authors: Artemjeff, Panu, Lunabba, Vava
• Other Authors: Unit for democracy, language affairs and human rights
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Oikeusministeriö 2018
• Subjects: language rights; Strategy for the National Languages of Finland; national language; Sámi; sign language
• Online Access: http://julkaisut.valtioneuvosto.fi/handle/10024/161088

Ministry of Justice has been developed an indicator tool for following-up the implementation of the linguistic rights. The follow-up system of linguistic rights will be used to highlight developments in the implementation of language legislation. The indicators can be applied to Finnish, Swedish and Sámi speakers, sign language users and, as appropriate, to other language groups as well. The indicators can be used by various parties to monitor linguistic rights and national language policy, and as a tool when making decisions relating to language policy. The indicators are based to the United Nations human rights indicators: Structural indicators defines structures supporting implementation of linguistic rights Process indicators explores ways to promote the linguistic rights Outcome indicators are used to monitor experiences of enjoyment of rights from individual and collective points of view.