Rights experts to join discussion on Scottish ethnic and linguistic minorities
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European human rights experts will this week join a discussion on moves to enhance the rights of ethnic and linguistic minorities in Scotland.
The University of Glasgow will host the discussion on the role of the Council of Europe in enhancing minority and linguistic rights, with participants including experts from Council of Europe committees on national minorities and regional and minority languages.
The event, taking place on Wednesday 13 December, 2pm-5pm, will also hear from academics and representatives of the Scottish government.
The UK is a party to the Council of Europe’s 1998 Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM) and the 1993 European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages (ECRML).
Independent expert committees regularly monitor how signatory states implement these treaties. Representatives of the two committees are visiting Glasgow in December for a dialogue with policy-makers and civil society on current issues and recent expert recommendations specific to Scotland.
Tickets for Wednesday’s free event are available via Eventbrite.
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