Towards the protection of minority languages in Africa

dc.contributor.advisorBenneh, Emmanueal Yaw
dc.contributor.postgraduateMaja, Innocent
dc.date.accessioned2008-06-10T05:42:24Z
dc.date.available2008-06-10T05:42:24Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.descriptionThesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)) -- University of Pretoria, 2007.
dc.descriptionDissertation 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.abstractThe 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.degreeLLM
dc.description.departmentCentre for Human Rights
dc.description.urihttp://www.chr.up.ac.za/en
dc.format.extent211537 bytes
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.citationMaja, 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.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/5848
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoria
dc.relation.ispartofseriesLLM Dissertationsen
dc.rightsCentre for Human Rights, Law Faculty, University of Pretoriaen
dc.subjectUCTD
dc.subjectMinority language rightsen
dc.subjectAfrican languagesen
dc.subject.lcshLinguistic minorities -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Africaen
dc.titleTowards the protection of minority languages in Africaen
dc.typeMini Dissertationen

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