PEN Declaration on Linguistic Rights
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The PEN Declaration on Linguistic Rights is a policy statement by PEN International that defends and promotes the rights of individuals and communities to use, develop, and preserve their languages in cultural and public life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| PEN Declaration on Linguistic Rights canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5154269 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PEN Declaration on Linguistic Rights Context triple: [PEN International, hasEthicalDocument, PEN Declaration on Linguistic Rights]
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A.
European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages is a Council of Europe treaty aimed at protecting and promoting historical regional and minority languages across member states.
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B.
States Parties to the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
States Parties to the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages are the countries that have ratified this Council of Europe treaty and thereby committed to protecting and promoting regional and minority languages within their jurisdictions.
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C.
Kaiama Declaration
The Kaiama Declaration is a 1998 manifesto by Ijaw youth demanding resource control, environmental justice, and self-determination in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta.
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D.
UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
The UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger is an online reference work that documents and maps endangered languages worldwide, providing information on their vitality and risk of extinction.
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E.
UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity
The UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity is a landmark 2001 normative instrument that affirms cultural diversity as a common heritage of humanity and a key driver of sustainable development, human rights, and intercultural dialogue.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PEN Declaration on Linguistic Rights Target entity description: The PEN Declaration on Linguistic Rights is a policy statement by PEN International that defends and promotes the rights of individuals and communities to use, develop, and preserve their languages in cultural and public life.
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A.
European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages is a Council of Europe treaty aimed at protecting and promoting historical regional and minority languages across member states.
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B.
States Parties to the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
States Parties to the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages are the countries that have ratified this Council of Europe treaty and thereby committed to protecting and promoting regional and minority languages within their jurisdictions.
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C.
Kaiama Declaration
The Kaiama Declaration is a 1998 manifesto by Ijaw youth demanding resource control, environmental justice, and self-determination in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta.
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D.
UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
The UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger is an online reference work that documents and maps endangered languages worldwide, providing information on their vitality and risk of extinction.
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E.
UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity
The UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity is a landmark 2001 normative instrument that affirms cultural diversity as a common heritage of humanity and a key driver of sustainable development, human rights, and intercultural dialogue.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
declaration
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human rights document ⓘ policy statement ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
defend linguistic diversity
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oppose linguistic discrimination ⓘ promote linguistic diversity ⓘ protect endangered languages ⓘ strengthen cultural identity through language ⓘ support multilingualism ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
indigenous language speakers
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individual language users ⓘ linguistic communities ⓘ minority language speakers ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
human rights defenders
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journalists ⓘ translators ⓘ writers ⓘ |
| author | PEN International ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
development of languages
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preservation of languages ⓘ rights of communities to use their own language ⓘ rights of individuals to use their own language ⓘ use of languages in cultural life ⓘ use of languages in public life ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | international ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
cultural rights
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freedom of expression ⓘ language rights ⓘ linguistic rights ⓘ minority rights ⓘ |
| opposes |
censorship based on language
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forced linguistic assimilation ⓘ suppression of minority languages ⓘ |
| promotes |
inclusive language policies in public institutions
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recognition of writers working in minority languages ⓘ respect for linguistic diversity in education ⓘ translation and literary exchange between languages ⓘ |
| publisher | PEN International ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights ⓘ freedom of expression standards of PEN International ⓘ |
| supportsRight |
right to access culture in one’s own language
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right to create and disseminate literature in one’s own language ⓘ right to non-discrimination on the basis of language ⓘ right to receive education in one’s own language where feasible ⓘ right to use one’s language in public administration where possible ⓘ right to use one’s language in the media ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: PEN Declaration on Linguistic Rights Description of subject: The PEN Declaration on Linguistic Rights is a policy statement by PEN International that defends and promotes the rights of individuals and communities to use, develop, and preserve their languages in cultural and public life.
Referenced by (1)
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