The United Nations declaration on minorities
Subtitle: an academic account on the occasion of its 20th anniversary (1992-2012)
By: edited by Ugo Caruso, Rainer Hofmann
Series: Studies in international minority and group rights -- volume 9
Publisher: Brill Nijhoff
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 403
ISBN-13: 9789004251557; 9789004251564
Subjects: Minorities; Legal status, laws; International law and human rights; United Nations. General Assembly; United Nations
Description: "Created in order to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities (1992-2012), this publication aims to offer readers a comprehensive review, written by a variety of scholars in the field, of the value and impact of the standards formulated in the Declaration. In so doing, it hopes to stimulate attention for and debate around the Declaration and its principles. The regional perspectives and case studies included further enable the identification of positive initiatives and good practices as well as persistent gaps in the implementation of the standards enshrined in the Declaration"--Unedited summary from book cover.
Table of contents: title: Historical background on the declaration / Alan Phillips; title: Minority rights and the United Nations / Gudmundur Alfredsson; title: Article 27 ICCPR 46 : a first point of reference / Ulrike Barten; title: An overview of the UN declaration and major issues involved / Asbjorn Eide; title: The United Nations forum on minority issues and its role in promoting the UN declaration on the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities / Graham Fox; title: Participation of minorities in constitution building / Annelies Verstichel; title: The enigma of human rights responsibilities : religious minorities and the UN declaration on minorities / Nazila Ghanea; title: The UN declaration on minorities' vision on 'integration' / Kristin Henrard; title: 'New' minorities, integration policies and the UN declaration on minorities / Stephanie E. Berry; title: The European regime and the applicability of the UN declaration / Tove H. Malloy; title: The 1992 UN declaration on minorities and the African human rights system / Solomon A. Dersso; title: The declaration and its guidance a view from South Asia / Joshua Castellino and Elvira Dominguez-Redondo; title: ASEAN : background and human rights mechanisms / Arie Bloed and Nicole Girard; title: The UN declaration and the Organization of American States / Alexandra Tomaselli; title: History is not a destiny : minority rights and multiculturalism in the Arab world / Eva Pfostl.