Vulnerable and Marginalised Groups and Human Rights

Contents:

Acknowledgements

Introduction David Weissbrodt and Mary Rumsey

PART I NON-CITIZENS AND INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS
A Refugees
1. Tom J. Farer (1995), 'How the International System Copes with Involuntary Migration: Norms, Institutions and State Practice'

B Asylum Seekers
2. Jacqueline Bhabha (2002), 'Internationalist Gatekeepers?: The Tension Between Asylum Advocacy and Human Rights'

C Migrant Workers
3. Ryszard Cholewinski (2007-2008), 'The Human and Labor Rights of Migrants: Visions of Equality'

D Stateless People
4. David Weissbrodt and Clay Collins (2006), 'The Human Rights of Stateless Persons'

E Internally Displaced Persons
5. Walter Kaelin (1998), 'The Guiding Principles on International Displacement - Introduction'

F Non-citizens Generally
6. David Weissbrodt and Stephen Meili (2010), 'Human Rights and Protection of Non-citizens: Whither Universality and Indivisibility of Rights?'

PART II LINGUISTIC, CULTURAL AND SEXUAL MINORITIES
A Generally
7. Nigel S. Rodley (1995), 'Conceptual Problems in the Protection of Minorities: International Legal Developments'

B Indigenous Peoples
8. Robert T. Coulter (2009), 'The U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: A Historic Change in International Law'
9. Elsa Stamatopoulou (1994), 'Indigenous Peoples and the United Nations: Human Rights as a Developing Dynamic'

C Gays and Lesbians
10. Douglas Sanders (2010), 'Out at the UN'
11. Suzanne M. Marks (2006), 'Global Recognition of Human Rights for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People'

D Linguistic Minorities
12. Robert Dunbar (2001), 'Minority Language Rights in International Law'

PART III PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
A HIV / AIDS
13. Ellen M. Walker (2007), 'The HIV/AIDS Pandemic and Human Rights: A Continuum Approach'

B The Elderly
14. Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon and Claudia Martin (2003), 'The International Human Rights Status of Elderly Persons'

C Children
15. Rita Shackel (2003), 'The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: A Review of its Successes and Future Directions'

D Mental Disabilities
16. Lawrence O. Gostin and Lance Gable (2004), 'The Human Rights of Persons with Mental Disabilities: A Global Perspective on the Application of Human Rights Principles to Mental Health'

E Disabilities Generally
17. Michael Ashley Stein (2007), 'Disability Human Rights'