Introduction -- I THE SCOPE OF LINGUISTIC HUMAN RIGHTS -- Section introduction -- Combining immigrant and autochthonous language rights: a territorial approach to multilingualism François Grin -- On the limits of ethnolinguistic democracy Joshua A. Fishman -- Linguistic human rights and educational policy in Russia Alexei A. Leontiev -- Linguistic human rights, past and present Tove Skutnabb-Kangas - Robert Phillipson -- Typology of language legislation Joseph-G. Turi -- Personal names and human rights Björn H. Jernudd -- II COUNTRY STUDIES: TOWARDS EMPOWERMENT -- Section introduction -- Language policy in the United States: a history of cultural genocide Eduardo Hernández-Chávez -- The discourse of disinformation: the debate on bilingual education and language rights in the United States Jim Cummins -- Beyond linguistic policy: the Soviet Union versus Estonia Mart Rannut -- Māori language rights in New Zealand Tīmoti S. Kāretu -- The Sámi Language Act Ole Henrik Magga -- Australia's language policies and minority rights: a core value perspective J. J. Smolicz -- Combating educational disadvantage among Lebanese Australian children John Gibbons - William White - Pauline Gibbons -- III POST-COLONIAL DILEMMAS AND STRUGGLES -- Section introduction -- Indigenous education in Latin America: policies and legal frameworks Rainer Enrique Hamel -- Linguistic rights for Amerindian peoples in Latin America Rainer Enrique Hamel -- "Minority" cultures and their communication rights Lachman M. Khubchandani -- Kashmiri, a majority-minority language: an exploratory essay Makhan L. Tickoo -- Language rights in postcolonial Africa Robert Phillipson - Tove Skutnabb-Kangas -- Killing a mother tongue - how the Kurds are deprived of linguistic human rights Tove Skutnabb-Kangas - Sertaç Bucak -- Appendix.

Extracts from selected UN and regional documents covering linguistic human rights, proposals for such and resolutions on language rights -- Consolidated bibliography -- Notes on contributors -- Language index -- Person index -- Subject index.