The Catalan Ombudsman, Rafael Ribó, Symposium organized by the Catalan INTERNATIONAL and the president of the International Ombudsman in cooperation with the Association of Language Comissioners, International Association of Language SYMPOSIUM ON Graham Fraser, are pleased to invite you Commissioners (IALC). to the International Symposioum on LANGUAGE RIGHTS Language Rights and Social Cohesion in LOCATION AND SOCIAL COHESION Plurilinguistic Societies, that will take Born Centre Cultural place in March 2014. Plaça Comercial, 12 IN PLURILINGUISTIC elborncentrecultural.bcn.cat/ca The Symposium will be held within SOCIETIES the framework of the Tricentenari INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION Commemoration Events. Registration is free but seats are limited. The Symposium will be focused on Barcelona language rights in , in and To register for the Symposium, please March 19-20, 2014 in other plurilinguistic societies. Thoughts contact by phone at +34 933 018 075 or by will be established taking into account email at [email protected]. the work carried out by the institutions defending people’s rights (ombudsman For further information: www.sindic.cat and language comissioners) within the framework of an historical, social and legal approach. In collaboration with:

To that end, ombudsman/commissioner office holders as well as national and international experts on the matter will be attending to the symposium. 14.30 h Plurilinguism in Spain: public authorities 9.45 h Discussion International Symposium on and promotion of official languages Language Rights and Social Cohesion 10.15 h Coffee break in Plurilinguistic Societies Iñigo Urrutia, Professor on Administrative Law at the University of the Basque Country 10.45 h Plurilinguism with equality of rights and duties at state level. The Canadian model March, 19th Chairperson: Ester Franquesa, Director of linguistic policies of Graham Fraser, Federal Language Commissioner 8.30 h Welcoming the Catalan Government of Canada

9.00 h Opening Session 15.15 h Discussion Chairperson: Albert Branchadell, Vice-dean at the Faculty of Ferran Mascarell, Minister of Culture of the 15.45 h Coffee break Translation and Interpreting of Autonomous Catalan Government (UAB) Xavier Trias, Mayor of Barcelona 16.15 h Ombudsmen and language rights in the Rafael Ribó, Ombudsman of Catalonia system of autonomous regions (guided discussion) 11.30 h Discussion

9.45 h From the lack of officiality to a partial Iñigo Lamarka, Ombudsman of the Basque Country 12.45 h Lunch break constitutional recognition Javier Enériz, Ombudsman of Navarra 14.00 h Acknowledgement of a minority language Antoni Milian Massana, Professor on at state level Administrative Law at the Autonomous University José Cholbi, Ombudsman of Valencia of Barcelona (UAB) Pär Stenbäck, Finland’s former minister of José Julio Fernández, Ombudsman of Galicia Education and Foreign Relations Chairperson: Maria Jesús Larios, Catalan Ombudsman’s Deputy Chairperson: Chairperson: for the Defence of Children’s and Adolescents’ Jordi Sànchez i Picanyol, Catalan Omnudsman’s Carles Torner, member of PEN Rights Deputy General 15.15h Discussion 10.30 h Discussion 17.00 h Discussion 15.45 h Language rights as human rights: 11.00 h Coffee break Universal Declaration of Language Rights 17.30 h Session closure 11.30 h Effective protection of language rights: Isidor Marí, Head of the Philological Section of the language, rights and coexistence in Catalonia. March, 20th Institute of Catalan Studies Report of the Catalan Ombudsman 9.00 h Defence of minority languages by Chairperson: Rafael Ribó, Ombudsman of Catalonia supranational institutions: Council of Europe Jordi Porta, president of Enciclopèdia Catalana

Chairperson: Alexey Kozhemyakov, Head of Secretariat of 16.30 h Discussion Eva Pons, Professor of Constitutional Law at the the European Charter for Regional or Minority University of Barcelona. LanguagesChairperson 17.00 h Closure

12.15 h Discussion Chairperson: Rafael Ribó, Ombudsman of Catalonia Jaume Vernet, Adviser of The Catalan Council for 12.45 h Lunch break Statutory Guarantees