Bilingual Signage in Saterland: German Dominance and Sater-Frisian Heritage
Abstract This paper investigates the linguistic landscape of Saterland, a municipality in northwestern Germany with a population of 14,313, spread out across four villages. Saterland is home to the Sater-Frisian…
Interview on activities in Geneva
Below is an interview with Geneva Times from 13 July 2024: Geneva Times: Can you tell us about yourself? Sure, my name is Jeroen Zandberg and I am from the…
Linguistic exclusion of the Frisians – Statement to the United Nations Forum on Minority issues
On 30 November – 1 December 2023, the Forum on Minority Issues convened at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. The theme for the 16th session was: ‘Minorities and cohesive…
Governance in Frisian – Speech at the United Nations Social Forum
I wish to highlight a challenge for democracy and human rights where it concerns the access to government services. Many government services are currently digitally available. However, it comes with…
E-governance in Frisian
On 4 September 2023, the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner organized a panel discussion on the most efficient ways of upholding good governance to address the…
The lack of support for the Frisian language in Germany
On Monday 17 July 2023, in Geneva, Switzerland, at the 16th session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) under item 7 international decade of indigenous…
Digital access to democracy for Frisian speakers
On 24 and 25 November 2022, the fourth session of the Forum on Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law took place in Geneva, Switzerland. This United Nations forum…
Frisians at the FUEN Congress
By Jeroen Zandberg The FUEN Congress (The article is also in Dutch and can be read following this link) From September 29 to October 1, 2022, more than a hundred…
The Nitrogen revolution in Fryslan
I want to briefly raise an issue very relevant to the topic of development and human rights. The Dutch government has recently launched a new agricultural policy, whereby the provinces…
Participation at the United Nations EMRIP
On 4 to 8 July 2022, the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) held its 15th session in Geneva, Switzerland. The theme of this year’s edition was:…