Expressions of Interest: AILA Working Group on the Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights (UDLR)

AILA was among the signatories to the original Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights (Barcelona, 1996). An international initiative is currently underway to update the Declaration in light of developments over the past three decades, including digital communication, artificial intelligence, multilingualism, linguistic justice, and access to knowledge.

AILA is exploring the possibility of making a collective contribution to this process. Professor Kendall King has kindly offered to lead a small, short-term working group to coordinate any potential AILA input.
If you are interested in participating in this working group, please contact Professor Kendall King directly at kendall@umn.edu as soon as possible.

The timeline for contributions remains open until December 2026, although submissions before October are encouraged.

Further information about the initiative is available at: https://www.dudling.org/
Many thanks to Kendall for taking the lead on this important initiative.