The non-education of Kurds: a Kurdish perspective

Educational provision in Kurdistan (embracing parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey) violates most of the language-in-education requirements of international law. The same is true for Kurds in diaspora in most parts of the world. Linguistic and cultural genocide is attempted, with the tacid complici...

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Published in:International review of education 1996, Vol.42 (4), p.367-379
Main Authors: Hassanpour, Amir, Skutnabb-Kangas, Tove, Chyet, Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bildung
Bilingual Education
Child abuse
Diasporas
Education
Educational Policy
Educational sciences
Ethnic Minorities
Ethnic minority, racial problems, cultural differences
Ethnische Minderheit
Ethnolinguistic Groups
Grundrechte
Human Rights
International cooperation
International Law
Irak
Iran
Iraq
Kurde
Kurdistan
Kurds
Language
Language minorities
Language Policy
Language rights
Linguistic Minorities
Middle East
Middle Eastern Cultural Groups
Mittlerer Osten
Native language instruction
Native languages
Sociology of culture
Sociology of education
Sprache
Sprachpolitik
Syria
Syrien
Treaties
Turkey
Türkei
United Nations
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Summary:Educational provision in Kurdistan (embracing parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey) violates most of the language-in-education requirements of international law. The same is true for Kurds in diaspora in most parts of the world. Linguistic and cultural genocide is attempted, with the tacid complicity of the West. The future of Kurdish education depends to a large extent on the political situation in the Middle East. Political solutions are needed before educational problems can be tackled. Within international law, a new interpretation by the UN Human Rights Committee of Article 27 in the International Convenant on Civil and Political Rights (UN 1986) might give grounds for hope for the future. (DIPF/Abstract übernommen).
ISSN:0020-8566
1573-0638
DOI:10.1007/BF00601097