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1 online resource (250 pages) |
| Series |
Studies in International Minority and Group Rights ; volume10 |
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Studies in international minority and group rights ; 10.
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| Contents |
The First United Nations Mandate on Minority Issues; Copyright; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; PART I: Introduction; The First Mandate: Experiences and Lessons Learned; I. Introduction; II. The Legal Framework; III. The Scope of the Mandate and Methods of Work; IV. Issues Highlighted; A. Expanding the Perception of Who May Claim Minority Rights Protections; B. The Linkage between Discrimination and Poverty; C. The Situation of Minority Women; D. Extreme Measures of Exclusion; V. The Voices of Minorities; VI. Cooperation, Collaboration, and Implementation |
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A. Cooperation with Member StatesB. Collaboration with Other Human Rights Mechanisms and Specialized Mechanisms; C. Collaboration with the Special Advisor on Genocide; D. The OHCHR Indigenous Peoples and Minorities Section; VII. Assessing Potential for Influence; VIII. Concluding Thoughts; PART II: Country Visit Reports; Mission to Bulgaria (2011); I. Introduction; II. Non-discrimination and Equality: Legal and Institutional Framework; III. The Situation of the Roma Minority; A. Education; B. Employment; C. Health; D. Housing; IV. Religious Minorities in Bulgaria |
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V. Recognition and Rights of Macedonian and Pomak CommunitiesVI. Conclusions and Recommendations; Mission to Colombia (2011); I. Introduction; II. Overview; III. Legal Framework and Enforcement Mechanisms; IV. Discrimination and Poverty; A. Discrimination and Racism; B. Afro-Colombians' Disproportionate Experience of Poverty; C. Responses of the Government to Discrimination and Poverty; V. Violence and Displacement; A. Disproportionate Displacement of Afro-Colombians; B. Afro-Colombian Women's Experience of Violence and Displacement; C. Responses of the Government to Violence and Displacement |
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D. Responses of Security ForcesE. The Office of the Ombudsman; F. Transitional Justice, Reparations and Restitution; G. Findings of the Constitutional Court; VI. Dispossession of Afro-Colombian Lands; VII. The Right to Consultation and Participation in Decision-making; A. Political Participation; B. Community Councils; C. The Right to Free, Prior and Informed Consultation and Consent; VIII. Conclusions and Recommendations; Mission to Dominican Republic (2007); I. General Background; A. Historical Context; B. Demographic and Ethnic Composition; C. International Human Rights Instruments |
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II. Methodology of the Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance and the Independent Expert on Minority IssuesIII. Racism and Racial Discrimination; A. Political and Legal Strategy of the Public Authorities; B. Views of Civil Society and Communities Concerned; IV. Issues Relating to Documentation of Civil Status and Citizenship; A. Documentation; B. Implications of Denial or Deprivation of Civil Status or Citizenship |
| Summary |
Across the world, ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities are subjected to hate crimes, systematic discrimination and marginalization. Religious minorities have recently faced particular threat in certain regions, while in other parts of the globe identity based on race or ethnicity has been used as a basis for exclusion. In this book, Gay McDougall curates a selection of reports she produced as UN Independent Expert on Minority Issues. The collection, with her introductory analysis, reveals the challenges and opportunities faced in her attempt to highlight the plight of these oppressed communities around the world and to shape an important new mechanism for the UN's protection of their rights |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Minorities -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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LAW -- International.
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Minorities -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9004288775 |
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9789004288775 |
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