Language Rights, Human Rights and the Right to Chat

Emyr Lewis

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-94346-2_3

Language Rights, Human Rights and the Right to Chat

Emyr Lewis^*

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Aberystwyth Law School

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Emyr Lewis considers what he refers to as ‘the right to chat’, arguing that the simple right of speakers of minority languages to talk to whomever they want to is not protected in law as it should be. The right is frequently limited by different kinds of restrictions. He then considers the treatment of this issue in domestic and international law and analyses Part 6 of the Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011. He concludes that although Part 6 is in some respects inadequate, it does have features which could be adopted more generally, and is therefore a signpost towards an explicitly recognised right to chat which could benefit speakers of all languages.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Language, Policy and Territory
Subtitle of host publication	A Festschrift for Colin H. Williams
Editors	William McLeod, Rob Dunbar, Kathryn Jones, John Walsh
Publisher	Springer Nature
Pages	39-60
Number of pages	22
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030943462
ISBN (Print)	9783030943455
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94346-2_3
Publication status	Published - 01 Jan 2022

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International law
Language legislation
Language rights
Welsh language

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