Abstract

GARCIA LEON, DAVID LEONARDO. Linguistic minorities in Colombia Analysis from Public policies and human rights. Cuad. linguist. hisp. [online]. 2014, n.24, pp.163-182. ISSN 0121-053X.

This article analyzes the condition of Colombian linguistic minorities, from the point of view of public policies and human rights. In doing so, this paper is structured as follows: linguistic rights are described and topic-related international agreements signed by Colombia are registered; the most important characteristics of human rights based public policies are presented, and a public policy document, seeking to regulate the state of Colombian minority languages (namely Law 1381 from 2010), is analyzed through the mentioned approach. Following this analysis, it is examined whether the communities' linguistic rights are guaranteed. Finally, the necessity of following the principles of human rights as an approach to improve the condition of minority linguistic communities is established.

Keywords : human rights; public policies; linguistic policies; linguistic minorities; bilingual education.

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