Council of Europe publications

      European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages: Giving regional and minority languages a say
      + English version
      + French version     
      + Bosnian version
      + German version
      + Hungarian version
                             + Italian version                                                  
                             + Norwegian version
                             + Portuguese version                         
                             + Romani version
                             + Spanish version
                             + Ukrainian version

Factsheet on Romani and the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages 
+ English version
+ French version
+ Romani version

Facilitating the implementation of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages through artificial intelligence
+ English version of the study   + English version of the COMEX statement
+ French version of the study    + French version of the COMEX statement
+ German version of the study  + German version of the COMEX statement

Good practices of education in minority languages
+ English version
+ Ukrainian version

Promising Practices - Protection and promotion of regional or minority languages: promising practices across Europe 2015-2020
+ French version

New technologies, new social media, and the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages

+ English version
+ German version

Study on certain aspects of regional or minority language protection and identification of good practices in member States, by Steering Committee on Anti-discrimination, Diversity and Inclusion (CDADI)

(Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers Decision, 1552nd meeting of the Ministers' Deputies, 4 March 2026: CM/Del/Dec(2026)1552/4.2)

 Bibliography of publications on the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages

The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages and the French Dilemma: Diversity v. Unicity - Which Language(s) for the Republic? (ISBN 978-92-871-5214-4). + French version

From theory to practice: the European Charter for regional or minority languages. (ISBN 978-92-871-5044-8).
+ French version

Implementation of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. (ISBN 978-92-871-4077-7).
+ French version

International Conference on the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. (ISBN 978-92-871-3775-3)
+ French version

The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages: Legal Challenges and Opportunities (ISBN 978-92-871-6333-2)

The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages and the media (ISBN 978-92-871-6431-5).
+ German version
+ Italian version
+ Russian version

Minority language protection in Europe: into a new decade (ISBN 978-92-871-6727-9)

Shaping language rights/ Commentary on the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages in light of the Committee of Experts’ evaluation (ISBN 978-92-871-7216-7)

The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages: a Critical Commentary (ISBN 978-92-871-5572-0).
+ French version

Other Publications/ Thematic reports

 Educational Toolkit, by Claudine Brohy, Vicent Climent-Ferrando, Aleksandra Oszmiańska-Pagett and Fernando Ramallo + Aragonese version + Aranese version  + Asturian version+ Basque version + Catalan version + Croatian version + French version + Frisian version + Friulian version + Galician version  + German version + Hungarian version + Italian version + Ladin version + Polish version + Romanian version + Spanish version + Ukrainian version

The protection of children’s rights under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages by Aleksandra Oszmiańska-Pagett, PhD.
+ French version
+ German version
+ Italian version
+ Russian version

Local charters on regional or minority languages [in Serbian, Локалне повеље о регионалним или мањинским језицима] by Ljudmila Popović

Preparing ratification of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages – Worksheets for NGOs
+ Russian version

European Language Charter – Instrument for protecting the linguistic diversity and strengthening the intercultural dialogue in Moldova. Comrat-Taraclia-Briceni-Chişinău. Seminar proceedings). Centrul pentru Problemele Minorităţilor (ed.), Chişinău 2008
+ Link to the text of the proceedings [in Romanian, Russian and English] + Link to Annexes 1 & 2 

 Practical impact of the Council of Europe monitoring mechanisms in improving respect for human rights and the rule of law in member states (2014).
+ German version
+ French version
+ Italian version
+ Russian version

Practical Commentary on the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
(in German only)

Place names in regional or minority languages - Guide for municipalities
+ French and German version 

 Festschrift Mission Possible - Looking back at the making of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages

 Preparatory Work of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, Council of Europe (ed.), Strasbourg 2004 (hard copy available from the Charter Secretariat)

Comparative study of the working methods and conclusions of the Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages and the Advisory Committee of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, Council of Europe (ed.), Strasbourg, 2005.