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24 UCLA J. Int'l L. Foreign Aff. 49 (2020)
(Indigenous) Language as a Human Right

handle is hein.journals/jilfa24 and id is 55 raw text is: (INDIGENOUS) LANGUAGE AS A HUMAN RIGHT Kristen Carpenter and Alexey Tsykarev* ABSTRACT The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed 2022-2032 as the International Decade of Indigenous Languages. Building on les- sons of the International Year of Indigenous Languages of 2019, the Decade will draw attention to the critical loss of indigenous languag- es and the urgent need to preserve, revitalize and promote indigenous languages. These actions are necessary, in part, because existing laws and policies have proven inadequate to redress the legacy of state suppression of indigenous languages or ensure nondiscrimination in contemporary usage. In light of the International Year and Decade, this Article explores the rights of indigenous peoples to use, revitalize, and transmit their languages,as recognized in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and other human rights instruments. The Article considers how a better understanding of the human rights dimensions of the problem-and especially a more thoughtful approach to the implementation of human rights in both law and society-could Kristen Carpenter is the Council Tree Professor and Director of the American Indian Law Program at the University of Colorado Law School, in Boulder, CO, USA. She is also Chair of the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Alexey Tsykarev serves as Chair of the Center for Support of Indigenous Peoples and Civic Diplomacy <Young Karelia>> in Karelia, Russia. He served on the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples from 2013 to 2019, and joined the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in 2020. The authors would like to thank Jim Anaya, Greg Bigler, Andy Cowell, Barbara Duncan, Ruslan Garipov, Angela Riley, Yoney Spencer, Pirjo Virtanen, Shannon Bischoff, and John Standingdeer for helpful comments and discussions on this topic, as well as the University of California, Los Angeles; University of Colorado; University of Purdue Fort Wayne; and Muscogee (Creek) Nation for opportunities to pres- ent this Article as a work-in-progress.

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