Category Archives for Bilingualism in public administration 2013-2020

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 […]

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Strategic 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 […]

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CEMO 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 […]

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Linguistic 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. […]

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Discriminative 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 […]

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