"evropuli qartia saqarTvelo "European Charter for Regional or ...

man Rights and Fundamental Freedoms guarantee freedom of expression
with respect not only to ideas and opinions which may be transmitted
to others (i.e. the content of communications), but also to language
as a medium of communication;. These rights, coupled with the right to
equality and non-discrimination, imply the right of persons belonging to
national minorities to run their businesses in the language of their
choice. In view of the importance to private entrepreneurs to be able to
communicate effectively with their clientele and to pursue their initiatives
in fair conditions, there should be no undue restrictions on their
free choice of language… Also, cf. The Constitution of Georgia, Article 14:
Everyone is free by birth and is equal before law regardless of
race, colour, language, sex, religion, political and other opinions, national,
ethnic and social belonging, origin, property and title, place of
residence.
Article 38: 1. Citizens of Georgia shall be equal in social, economic,
cultural and political life irrespective of their national, ethnic,
religious or linguistic belonging. In accordance with universally recognized
principles and rules of international law, they shall have the right
to develop freely, without any discrimination and interference, their culture,
to use their mother tongue in private and in public.
Article 85: 2. Legal proceedings shall be conducted in the state
language. An individual not having a command of the state language
shall be provided with an interpreter. In the districts, where the population
does not have a command of the state language, teaching of the
state language and solution of the issues related to the legal proceedings
shall be ensured. See also: "The Hague Recommendations Regarding the Education
Rights of National Minorities" (1996) 370
, UNESCO Convention against Discrimination
in Education (Article 5), etc.
Considering the presented analysis we will discuss the supposed
status of currently extant languages in Georgia, at the same time, we
will provide with the list of languages of Georgia that, according to
Tomasz Wicherkiewicz’ group and Jonathan Wheatley, must be covered
by provisions of the "European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages".
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