
Vulnerable and Marginalised Groups and Human Rights
Edward Elgar Publishing
Published on 30. June 2011
Book
Hardback
736 pages
978-1-84980-392-2 (ISBN)
Description
This insightful book addresses human rights from the perspective of those groups whose rights are especially vulnerable to abuse, with particular reference to stateless or internally-displaced persons, linguistic, cultural and sexual minorities and disabled people.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 169 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84980-392-2 (9781849803922)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Edited by the late David Weissbrodt, formerly Regents Professor and Fredrikson and Byron Professor of Law and Mary Rumsey, Willamette University, US
Content
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'
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'