Integration monitor is a daily Latvian press digest on ethnic minority and society integration issues. The Monitor reviews the biggest Latvian dailies: Diena, Latvijas Avize, Neatkariga (in Latvian language), Vesti Segodnya (in Russian language). In specific cases other information sources are used. Latvian Centre for Human Rights is not responsible for information published by the media.

• Human Rights Commissioner of the Council of Europe Nils Muiznieks: transfer of education in minority schools into Latvian only would be in violation of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities

In an interview with LTV1 Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner Nils Muiznieks highlighted positive developments such as the easier registration procedure of new born children of non-citizens as Latvian citizens. Regarding the large number of non-citizens in Latvia, the Commissioner said that it is rather a political than a human rights issue, but underlined child’s right to nationality. Mr Muiznieks noted that some accusations concerning human rights violations in Latvia such as the rebirth or glorification of Nazism are false. He also praised the fact that the new government removed from the government’s declaration plans to transfer education in minority schools to Latvian language only. The Commissioner said that the discussions about language reform by the previous government completely ignored Latvia’s obligations under the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, the decision of the Constitutional Court about minority education, and other Latvia’s human rights commitments. Vesti Segodnya