Towards the protection of minority languages in Africa

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dc.contributor.advisor Benneh, Emmanueal Yaw
dc.contributor.postgraduate Maja, Innocent
dc.date.accessioned 2008-06-10T05:42:24Z
dc.date.available 2008-06-10T05:42:24Z
dc.date.issued 2007
dc.description Thesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)) -- University of Pretoria, 2007.
dc.description Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Law University of Pretoria, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Masters of Law (LLM in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa). Prepared under the supervision of Mr E.Y. Benneh of the Faculty of Law, University of Ghana. en
dc.description.abstract The purpose of this study is to understand the nature and scope of protection of minority languages and assesses how international human rights law can protect minority languages in Africa. Focuses on three questions: (1) What is the normative content of language rights?, (2) To what extent does the African human rights system protect minority languages? and 3) What measures can be taken at the national and regional levels to improve respect for and protection of minority languages in Africa?’ en
dc.description.degree LLM
dc.description.department Centre for Human Rights
dc.description.uri http://www.chr.up.ac.za/ en
dc.format.extent 211537 bytes
dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
dc.identifier.citation Maja, I 2007, Towards the protection of minority languages in Africa, LLM Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/5848>
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/5848
dc.language.iso en en
dc.publisher University of Pretoria
dc.relation.ispartofseries LLM Dissertations en
dc.rights Centre for Human Rights, Law Faculty, University of Pretoria en
dc.subject UCTD
dc.subject Minority language rights en
dc.subject African languages en
dc.subject.lcsh Linguistic minorities -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Africa en
dc.title Towards the protection of minority languages in Africa en
dc.type Mini Dissertation en


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