CPT Criticisms of Irish Prisons Standards

November 20, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE CPT CRITICISMS OF IRISH PRISONS STANDARDS The European Council for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) which is the Council of Europe body which inspects prisons police stations and other places of

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Kernow: Government Confirm Framework Convention is Operative

January 30, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The United Kingdom Government has confirmed that the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities is operative in respect of the Cornish people. The Cornwall Branch of the Celtic League played a pivotal role in the eventual

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Catalonia Fights for its Independence

December 5, 2012

News from Celtic League Election results in Catalonia last week have given further support to the Catalan nationalist cause and increased the likelihood that a referendum on independence will be called in the country at some point in the future. But, as the

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Conference on Pan Europe Preschool Minority Language Programme

October 9, 2011

Academics, policy makers, politicians and language campaigners from two of the six Celtic countries were among the speakers at a conference in Brussels last week (6th October 2011) about the importance of early year’s education in the development of minority languages. The Multilingual

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