A paper by the European Centre for Minority Issues.

A Comment on Issues Raised in Diergaardt et al.v. Namibia. October 2002. (To open the PDF file click here)
"In its views in the Diergaardt et al. v. Namibia case of 25 July 2000, the United Nations Human Rights Committee addressed a complex set of complaints relating to the rights of a small community of people residing in the Rehoboth Gebiet (area) in the vicinity of the Namibian capital Windhoeck."

"The question of the use of (minority) languages in relations between the members of (minority) groups and the public administration. This paper will explore, analyze, and discuss the currently available international norms and standards governing the question of rights of members of (minority) groups and indigenous peoples to use their specific languages in their contacts with public administrative authorities at the state, regional or local levels or, more broadly, in the context of public administration."

The report can also be downloaded from the ECMI website.