 These provisions were reinforced in 2001. International treaties like the "Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities" (ratified by Slovakia in 1995) or the "European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages" (ratified by Slovakia in 2001) and the "1995 Treaty on Good Neighbourly Relations and Friendly Cooperations between Slovakia and Hungary" protect the language rights of minorities.Article 34. of the 1992 constitution asserts that ""citizens of ethnic minorities have the right to be educated in their language, the right to use it in dealings with authorities, and the right to participate in the solution of affairs concerning national minorities and ethnic groups".