Inmigración y pluralidad lingüística: un reto para los derechos humanos. Canadá y el modelo de “acomodo razonable” de derechos

n this paper, especially addresses the linguistic identity as a key element for configuring an effective framework of human rights. Of particular significance is the analysis of model followed in a country -Canada- because is a paradigm of multiculturalism. Indeed, Canada was a pioneer in the world to proclaimofficially its formal and firm commitment to multiculturalism and political governance of cultural diversity. The methodology used is the analysis of the famous case Ballantyne,Davidson and McIntyre versus Canada that captured the interest of the Committee on Human Rights of the United Nations. As a result the Bouchard and Taylor report —an embryo of a legal construction that this country has developed around the «reasonable accommodation picture»— is analyzed. This legal construction implies a novel concept that has attracted theattention of Europe, as plural society that can import this formula. And not only for Europe, since the situation of the cultural and linguistic environment of Quebec has clear parallels with the situations that exist in some regions of Spain, being an excellent model for complex societies such as The Basque Country and Catalonia,both linguistically plural societies.