Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee
STANDING ORDERS

adopted by the GM of the TaLRC on September 20-th 2002 at Ohrid and confirmed by the Assembly of Delegates of International PEN

1. The Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee is a Standing Committee of International PEN, established according to the Constitution of International PEN.

2. The aim of the Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee (TaLRC) is to promote translation, specially among minority languages, and to defend and promote linguistic rights of all languages.

3. The TaLRC membership consists of those Centers of International PEN which are working in this area and have therefore affiliated themselves to the TaLR Standing Committee. Together they form the Member Centres of the TaLRC General Meeting.

4. The hosting centre of the Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee is Macedonian P.E.N. Centre. The Office of the Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee has residence in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia.

5. The General Meeting (GM) of the TaLRC shall be convened at least once a year. The Chair of the TaLRC shall issue the call for a GM, together with a proposed Agenda for that meeting, which shall reach the Members at least two months in advance. The location of a GM shall be decided as far in advance as possible and shall either coincide with a Congress of International PEN, or shall be selected, in conjunction with a volunteer Host Centre, with due consideration for geographical and other circumstances.

6. The Chair of the TaLRC will have the support of his or her Centre, which shall act as a hosting Centre of the TaLRC. The hosting Centre shall raise the funding necessary for the ordinary work of the committee and shall offer the means for a central office of the TaLRC. The Annual Budget of the TaLRC shall be adopted by the hosting centre and its accounts audited in accordance with the hosting Centre's regulations and practices.

7. The Chair of the TaLRC shall be elected by the Member Centres of the TaLRC for a period of three years. Any by-election shall be for the remainder of this term of office. The Chair shall represent the TaLRC between General Meetings. The Chair shall propose the Agenda for all meetings of the TaLRC, and shall conduct the affairs and procedures of these meetings, subject to the approval by the GM.

8. The Vice Chair of the TaLRC shall be elected by the Member Centres of the TaLRC for a period of three years. Any by-election shall be for the remainder of this term of office. The Vice Chair shall act as president of the Follow-up Committee of the Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights.

9. The GM shall decide on all matters within the competence of the Standing Committee according to the Constitution of International PEN. All decisions shall be by simple majority of the present members.

10. Changes to these standing Orders may be voted on at a GM of the TaLRC. If adopted, they do not enter into force until they have been confirmed at a subsequent meeting, when they enter into force immediately.

Ohrid, 20 of September 2002
Republic of Macedonia
68th Congress of the International P.E.N.