Protection of regional and minority languages

Draft bill #12364 of December 26, 2024 

Sponsor: the Cabinet of Ministers 

Status: sent for review to the Committee on Humanitarian and Information Policy 

Who is affected: individuals who are speakers of regional or minority languages 

Summary: 

• the bill approves the title and provisions of the Law on the Ratification of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, as well as the provisions of the laws On National Minorities (Communities) of Ukraine and On Media with the updated official translation of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages 

• in Ukraine, the provisions of the Charter will apply to the following languages: Belarusian, Bulgarian, Gagauz, Crimean Tatar, Greek, German, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Hungarian, Czech, and Hebrew. 

What is right: 

• the bill updates the list of languages that will receive support and protection, as provided by the Charter. Czech language will be added, Russian and Moldovan languages will be excluded.