Synergies in Minority Protection: European and International Law Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9780521864831 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 476 str.

Kristin Henrard; Robert Dunbar

Opis

Have recent developments in international and European law resulted in an integrated and coherent system of minority protection?

Recenzje

"...well written and informative...likely that it will become, in future decades, an invaluable reference for historians writing on the social and legal history of the early twenty-first century."
--Eric H. Limbach (Department of History, Michigan State University), H-Net Online (H-German)

Spis treści

1. Introduction Kristin Henrard and Robert Dunbar; Part I. Minorities-Specific Instruments, Provisions and Institutions: 2. The United Nations' International Convention on Civil and Political Rights: Article 27 and other Provisions Martin Scheinin; 3. The United Nations' Working Group on Minorities Li-Ann Thio; Postscript: The United Nations' Independent Expert on Minorities Gay McDougall; 4. The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Arie Bloed and Rianne Letschert; 5. The Council of Europe Framework Convention on the Protection of National Minorities Asbjørn Eide; 6. The Council of Europe European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages Robert Dunbar; Part II. Non-Minorities-Specific Instruments, Provisions and Institutions: 7. Developments relating to Minorities in the Law on Genocide William Schabas; 8. The United Nations International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights María Amor and Martín Estébanez; 9. The United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination Ivan Garvalov; 10. The United Nations' Convention on the Rights of the Child and Children belonging to Minority Groups Jaap Doek; 11. UNESCO's Convention against Discrimination in Education Fons Coomans; 12. A patchwork of 'successful' and 'missed' synergies in the jurisprudence of the ECHR Kristin Henrard; 13. The many faces of minority protection in the European Union Bruno De Witte and Enikő Horváth; 14. Developments under the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights relevant to Minorities Tim Murithi; 15. Regional minority protection in the Asia-Pacific region Erik Friberg.