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Lack of bilingual street names in in Tîrgu-Mureș Marosvásárhely
Tîrgu Mureș-Marosvásárhely, 2014- 2017℘ The issue of the monolingual and partially bilingual street name was presented in our previous Shadow Report, sadly in the last five years the situation remained unchanged. In May 2014 our NGO started an advocacy cause called “We want bilingual street names in Tîrgu-Mureș/Marosvásárhely”. The advocacy campaign’s aim was to […]
TovábbStrategic litigation for bilingual street names
Tîrgu Mureș/Marosvásárhely, Oradea/Nagyvárad, Satu Mare/Szatmárnémeti, 2016-2018 ℘ In 2016 CEMO has initiated strategic litigation cases against the mayor’s office of Tîrgu Mureș-Marosvásárhely, Oradea/Nagyvárad, Satu Mare/Szatmárnémeti as several hundred thousands of Hungarians are being affected in these three localities. The street name plates in these settlements are presently practically monolingual, the names of the streets and squares […]
TovábbCEMO shadow report
Tîrgu Mureș-Marosvásárhely, 11 June, 2016℘ Our NGO, Civic Engagement Movement (CEMO) submitted a shadow report to the Council of Europe about the application of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages by 11th June 2016, to complete the periodic report of the Romanian Government. The shadow report prepared by CEMO focuses on the Hungarian […]
TovábbWritten qualifications in the students’ grade book should be written in Hungarian
2014 – September 2016℘ The Law on Educations, Section 12, Education for persons belonging to national minorities, Article 45, point (15)” In primary education with tuition in the languages of the national minorities, the qualifications shall be mentioned in writing and orally as well as in the language in which the tuition is performed”. The […]
TovábbCEMO acts against the discriminatory and illegal decision of the Maros County Inspectorate
Tîrgu Mureș-Marosvásárhely, 11 October, 2016℘ On 19 th of September 2016, the board of directors of Maros County’s Inspectorate adopted a decision that in mixed kindergartens and schools in Maros county and Marosvásárhely, only the vice-principal should be Hungarian speaker though these positions are occupied through a thorough examination where everyone could apply without restriction. […]
TovábbLinguistic rights in the local public administration at the Mayor’s Office in Marosvásárhely
Tîrgu Mureș-Marosvásárhely, 2016- December 31, 2017℘ In 2016 our organization initiated several legal procedures, official complaints and data requests against the mayor’s office in Marosvásárhely. The aim of these legal steps is to encourage the use of Hungarian language in the mayor’s office as set in the Law on Public Administration number 215 from 2001. […]
TovábbThe Mayor’s Office has removed CEMO’s “bilingual school” signs donation
Tîrgu Mureș-Marosvásárhely, 21 July, 2015.℘ CEMO has offered to donate bilingual signs to all interested institutes of education. In June 2015, one local secondary school was interested, and our volunteers and activists have placed about one hundred bilingual signs within the premises of the three buildings that belong to the School Alexandru Ioan Cuza. After […]
TovábbDiscriminative monolingual school name plates on the front of the public schools in Tîrgu-Mureș/Marosvásárhely
Tîrgu Mureș-Marosvásárhely, 2011-December 31, 2014℘ In August 2013 CEMO has filed a second complaint to the National Council for Combating Discrimination against the Mayor of Tîrgu-Mureș/Marosvásárhely due to the non application of the legal obligation set by the Public Administration Law number: 215/2001. The law stipulates that the local public administration institutions have the obligation […]
TovábbThe development of the bilingual linguistic landscape of Liviu Rebreanu Elementary School
Tîrgu Mureș-Marosvásárhely, 2011- 1st of September 2013℘ The Liviu Rebreanu school has been included in a legal action back in 2010-2011 and the National Council for Combating Discriminaton (NCCD) has declared in its decision that the school’s linguistic landscape was discriminative. After the decision of the NCCD the school did not change the monolingual features, […]
TovábbThe “Bernády case”
Tîrgu Mureș-Marosvásárhely, 2011–June 1, 2013℘ In September 2011, our organization was invited by civilians from Marosvásárhely to take part in case choosing the most suitable name for the local primary school. We supported the naming initiative actively and professionally with legal advice, until the end of the process. We believe that our role in the […]
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