Legal Information Centre for Human Rights
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| name = Legal Information Centre for Human Rights |
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| founded = 1994 |
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| location = [[Tallinn]], [[Estonia]] |
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| key_people = Director A. Semjonov |
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{{cquote|In its report published in April, the Security Police board continued to attempt to discredit the Legal Information Centre for Human Rights (LICHR), an NGO promoting and defending the rights of linguistic minorities. The report stated that Alexei Semjonov, the LICHR director, would be a pro-Russia candidate at the 2009 European Parliamentary elections, that he was a member of a pro-minority Constitutional party, and that he carried out activities financed and directed by the Russian authorities. However, Alexei Semjonov has stated publicly on 20 March that he would not take part in the European Parliamentary elections. Official information available on the internet showed that he was not a Constitutional party member.[https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/pol10/001/2010/en/ Amnesty International Report 2010] p. 139}} |
{{cquote|In its report published in April, the Security Police board continued to attempt to discredit the Legal Information Centre for Human Rights (LICHR), an NGO promoting and defending the rights of linguistic minorities. The report stated that Alexei Semjonov, the LICHR director, would be a pro-Russia candidate at the 2009 European Parliamentary elections, that he was a member of a pro-minority Constitutional party, and that he carried out activities financed and directed by the Russian authorities. However, Alexei Semjonov has stated publicly on 20 March that he would not take part in the European Parliamentary elections. Official information available on the internet showed that he was not a Constitutional party member.[https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/pol10/001/2010/en/ Amnesty International Report 2010] p. 139}} |
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In a project financially backed by the [[Russkiy Mir Foundation]], the centre has published the book ''"Russian Schools of Estonia. Compendium of Materials"'' with the aim of creating conditions for the preservation of the existing public system{{cite book |title=Russian Schools of Estonia. Compendium of Materials |last=Legal Information Centre for Human Rights |author2=Russkiy Mir Foundation |
In a project financially backed by the [[Russkiy Mir Foundation]], the centre has published the book ''"Russian Schools of Estonia. Compendium of Materials"'' with the aim of creating conditions for the preservation of the existing public system{{cite book |title=Russian Schools of Estonia. Compendium of Materials |last=Legal Information Centre for Human Rights |author2=Russkiy Mir Foundation |year=2010 |publisher=Legal Information Centre for Human Rights |isbn=978-9985-9967-2-0 |url=http://www.lichr.ee/main/assets/School-Eng.pdf }} of separate Russian language schools within Estonia.{{cite book |title=The Russian Second Generation in Tallinn and Kohtla-Järve: The TIES Study in Estonia |last=Vetik |first=Raivo |author2=Jelena Helemäe |year=2011 |publisher=[[Amsterdam University Press]] |isbn=978-90-8964-250-9 |page=69 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HHnxG35sIwsC&pg=PA69 }}{{cite book |title=Multilingualism in post-Soviet countries |last=Pavlenko |first=Aneta |year=2008 |publisher= Multilingual Matters |isbn=978-1-84769-087-6 |page=160 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WO_I4d612fMC&pg=PA160 }} The current system is described as a legacy of the Soviet period when the education system was segregated with Russian settlers attending separate nursery schools, primary schools, and secondary schools{{cite book |title=Current politics and economics of Russia, Volume 3 |year=1992 |publisher=Nova Science Publishers |page=78 }} with different curricula and instruction was held exclusively in Russian while the natives attended public schools with instruction in both Estonian and Russian{{cite book |title=Eurasia rising: democracy and independence in the post-Soviet space |last= Pourchot |first=Georgeta |year=2008 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-0-275-99916-2 |page=53 }}{{cite book |title=International Handbook of Migration, Minorities and Education: Understanding Cultural and Social Differences in Processes of Learning |last=Brown |first=Kara |editor1-first=Zvi |editor1-last=Bekerman |others=Thomas Geisen |year=2011 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-94-007-1465-6 |page=202 |chapter=The State, Official-Language Education, and Minorities: Estonian-Language Instruction for Estonia's Russian-Speakers |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MpbgJfv15oYC&pg=PA202 |quote=De jure Russification during the Soviet occupation of Estonia (1940–1991) was driven by three models: (1) Russian monolingualism for Russians with minimal, if any Estonian-language instruction; (2) Estonian-Russian bilingualism for ethnic Estonians; and (3) assimilation of other non-Russian and non-Estonian ethnicities. In practice, Russification meant an increase in Russian-language instruction in Estonian-medium schools, the rapid expansion of the Russian-medium school network, and the marginalization of Estonian-language education in Russian-medium schools. }} On the other hand, the Estonian minister of education Aaviksoo, in rebuking claims that the school reforms were unconstitutional{{cite news |title=Minister: Russian Schools Are Here to Stay |author=Ott Tammik |url=http://news.err.ee/education/9d6ff897-db4c-44d9-9861-90b7953e6b7b |newspaper=ERR |date=2011-12-22 |access-date=27 December 2011}} (the LICHR book claims Russian school closures are unconstitutional), stated that Russian schools in Estonia have existed for more than 100 years, including the first independence time between the world wars, and will continue to exist.[http://rus.err.ee/topnews/679851ba-6ce2-4487-b7f0-b3a2b26208ef Аавиксоо: русские школы в Эстонии никуда не исчезнут] ERR {{in lang|ru}} |
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The [[UN Forum on Minority Issues]] considers that "The creation and development of classes and schools providing education in minority languages should not be considered impermissible segregation, if the assignment to such classes and schools is of a voluntary nature".[http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/docs/10session/A.HRC.10.11.Add.1.pdf Recommendations of the Forum on Minority Issues A/HRC/10/11/Add.1] — para. 27 The "establishment or maintenance, for religious or linguistic reasons, of separate educational systems or institutions" as such is not considered discriminatory by the [[Convention against Discrimination in Education]] if participation in such systems or attendance at such institutions is optional, and if the education provided conforms to such standards as may be laid down or approved by the competent authorities.Yves Daudet, Pierre Michel Eisemann [http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001412/141286e.pdf Commentary on the Convention against Discrimination in Education] [[UNESCO]], 2005 |
The [[UN Forum on Minority Issues]] considers that "The creation and development of classes and schools providing education in minority languages should not be considered impermissible segregation, if the assignment to such classes and schools is of a voluntary nature".[http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/docs/10session/A.HRC.10.11.Add.1.pdf Recommendations of the Forum on Minority Issues A/HRC/10/11/Add.1] — para. 27 The "establishment or maintenance, for religious or linguistic reasons, of separate educational systems or institutions" as such is not considered discriminatory by the [[Convention against Discrimination in Education]] if participation in such systems or attendance at such institutions is optional, and if the education provided conforms to such standards as may be laid down or approved by the competent authorities.Yves Daudet, Pierre Michel Eisemann [http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001412/141286e.pdf Commentary on the Convention against Discrimination in Education] [[UNESCO]], 2005 |
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