Recognition
UK recognition of the Cornish as a national minority, 2014
The UK Government recognised the Cornish as a national minority, equating their status with the Scots, Welsh and Irish.
What happened
On 24 April 2014, the UK Government recognised the Cornish as a national minority under the Council of Europe's Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, stating that the decision afforded the Cornish "the same status ... as the UK's other Celtic people, the Scots, the Welsh and the Irish."[1] The Framework Convention obliges signatory states to support minority languages and culture, education and media access, greater visibility in public life, and protection of historic territories, among other measures.[2]
A decade later, Mebyon Kernow assessed that the recognition had not been implemented equally with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, noting that Cornish remains the only UK Celtic language not recognised under Part III of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages or protected by domestic legislation.[3]
Sources for this page
Each number marks a specific claim. Notes give the source, its locator and how it relates to the claim.
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Claim: On 24 April 2014, the UK Government recognised the Cornish as a national minority under the Council of Europe's Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, stating that the decision afforded the Cornish "the same status ... as the UK's other Celtic people, the Scots, the Welsh and the Irish."
- National Minority Status for Cornish people (Cornwall For Ever!) link, article text. Source record
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Claim: The Framework Convention obliges signatory states to support minority languages and culture, education and media access, greater visibility in public life, and protection of historic territories, among other measures.
- Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (Wikipedia) link, Obligations section. Source record
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Claim: A decade after the 2014 recognition, Mebyon Kernow assessed that the UK Government had not implemented it equally with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, noting that Cornish remains the only UK Celtic language not recognised under Part III of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages or protected by domestic legislation, and calling for a UK Cornish Language Act. Attributed to Mebyon Kernow
- Mebyon Kernow, National Minority Status: Ten Years On (Mebyon Kernow) link, article text. Political party perspective Source record