ELEN Press Releases
ELEN and Òmnium Cultural call on UN Human Rights Council to act over human rights violations in Catalonia
The European Language Equality Network (ELEN) and the Catalan NGO Òmnium Cultural have submitted two written statements, and will hold a side event, on human rights violations in Catalonia at the upcoming UN Human Rights Council 41st session starting on Monday...
ELEN at the European Forum for Minorities: Education, Language and Human Rights
Experts, international institutions, NGOs and State representatives gathered at the first European Forum for Minorities, held in Brussels on May 6-7th and focusing on Education, Language and the Human Rights of Minorities. Recommendations from the Forum will feed into...
ELEN renews call for EU Languages Commissioner and an Endangered Languages Directive.
The European Language Equality Network has renewed its call for an EU Languages Commissioner and an Endangered Languages Directive. Speaking at the prestigious Forum for Minorities held in the European Parliament on Monday, ELEN Secretary-General Davyth Hicks called...
ELEN Steering Committee meet in Brussels, hosted by Catalan Government
ELEN held its first 2019 Steering Committee meeting in Brussels on Sunday hosted by the Delegation of the Catalan Government to the EU. The Steering Committee was delighted to welcome Representative of the Government of Catalonia to the EU, Ms Meritxell Serret i Aleu,...
Forum on Minority Issues (Europe) 2019: Education, Language and the Human Rights of Minorities.
Forum on Minority Issues 2019 (Europe) Education, Language and the Human Rights of Minorities May 6th-7th 2019, European Parliament, Brussels Call for Participants "The rights of linguistic minorities are human rights that must be respected, including in relation to...
Catalan language exhibition in the European Parliament.
ELEN member organization Plataforma per la Llengua launched the exhibition "The Catalan language: 10 million voices” in the European Parliament in Brussels on Monday 4th March with an address by former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont. The event was hosted with...
Language rights are human rights: ELEN statement for International Mother Language Day 2019
“Language is core to our identity, it is the carrier of history, traditions, customs and folklore from one generation to another. Without language, no culture can sustain its existence.” Said Ferran Suay, European Language Equality Network (ELEN) President, in a...
Language organisations call to remain in EU over “potentially disastrous” effects of Brexit on the Celtic languages.
The European Language Equality Network (ELEN) with its Welsh, Scottish, Irish and Cornish member organisations, has issued a joint statement over the potentially disastrous effect of Brexit on the Celtic languages and are calling on the UK and devolved governments to...
Language Equality in the Digital Age: ELEN calls for legislation to ensure digital development for lesser used languages.
"Speakers of lesser-used languages are facing a 'digital timebomb' where their languages are being excluded from an increasingly digitized society," said Davyth Hicks (ELEN) in his presentation of the Digital Language Diversity Project at the European Parliament...
Valencian President Morera launches the CALRE Document to ensure language diversity
The Conference of European Regional Legislative Assemblies' (CALRE) 'Valencia Document' for European cultural and linguistic diversity was launched by the Valencian President Enric Morera last week in the Committee of the Regions. The Document, which was drafted in...
Success for the “Language Equality in the Digital Age” Report
The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly in support of Jill Evans MEP’s (Plaid Cymru) Language Equality in the Digital Age Report, a Report which the European Language Equality Network contributed to. MEPs voted 592 for the Report with 45 against. ELEN will...
ELEN proposes new measures to improve implementation of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages celebrated its 20th anniversary at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg with a two day high level conference from June 18th to 19th with State representatives, NGOs and experts in attendance. ELEN, represented by...