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Monitoring the application of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages

About the Monitoring mechanism

The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages provides for a monitoring mechanism to evaluate how the Charter is applied in a State Party with a view to, where necessary, making recommendations for improvements in its legislation, policy and practice (more...)

The role of NGOs in the Charter's monitoring mechanism

Reports and Recommendations

During each monitoring cycle, three types of documents are produced:
- the State report ("periodical report") submitted by the State Party on the measures it has taken to implement the Charter;
- the evaluation report of the Committee of Experts of the Charter;
- the recommendation of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.

Table of all the above documents per cycle and per State Party

Secretary General's biennial report to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Outlines for States' periodical reports