1. | Langlois, Anthony J. : The politics of justice and human rights, 2001 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph The politics of justice and human rights : Southeast Asia and universalist theory / Langlois, Anthony J., ix, 214 p.. - Cambridge : Cambridge U. P., 2001 . ISBN 0-521-00347-4 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: CONTENTS:. 1. The Asian values discourse. 2. The real Asian values debate. 3. Human rights : political relaity, philosophical problem. 4. Human rights as incompletely theorised agreement. 5. The return of politics and human rights. INDEX WORDS:
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2. | Lerner Natan : Group rights and discrimination in international law, 2003 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph series Group rights and discrimination in international law / Lerner Natan. - 2. ed.. - (International studies in international law ; vol. 77), xvi, 196 p.. - Hague : Kluwer Law, 2003. ISBN 90-411-1982-5 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: CONTENTS: PART I: GROUP RIGHTS AND DISCRIMINATION: 1. Historical Overview: From protection of Minorities to Group Rights. The 1992 UN Declaration on Minorities. Regional texts. The European Framework Convention. The OSCE High Commissioner. 2. The Meaning of Group Rights and Discrimination in International Law. PART II: THE MAIN GROUNDS FOR DISCRIMINATION: 3. Racism and Racial Discrimination: The UN Convention. 4. Intolerance and Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief. 5. The UN Declaration on Intolerance and Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief. Implementation of the Declaration. PART III: THE PROTECTION OF SPECIFIC GROUPS: 6. Indigenous Populations. 7. The Apartheid Convention. 8. Anti-Semitism and International Law. 9. Special Situations Related to Group Membership: Migrant Groups; Slavery. PART IV: THE PROTECTION OF SPECIFIC GROUPS: 10. The Right to Existence: The Genocide Convention. 11. "Ethnic Cleansing". 12. Group Libel. 13. Education: The UNESCO Convention. 14. Labor: The ILO Convention. 15. Identity of the Group: The UNESCO declaration on Race and Racial Prejudice. 16. Advancing the Group: Affirmative Action. Conclusions. Index of Names. Index of Subjects. INDEX WORDS:
GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: Finland / Albania / Austria / Australia / Costa Rica / Czechoslovakia / Denmark / Ecuador / Egypt / Estonia / France / Germany / United Kingdom / Guinea-Bissau / Netherlands / India / Iran / Iraq / Italy / Jamaica / Japan / Latvia / Lithuania / Malaya / Mexico / Mongolia / Morocco / Namibia / Nigeria / Peru / Philippines / Portugal / puerto Rico / Romania / USSR / Sweden / Tanzania / Turkey / Ukraine / USA / USSR / Yugoslavia LOCAL GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: Aaland Islands NOTE (GENERAL): ADRD; AMR; Charter of rights of ethnic minorities; ICCPR; ICESCR; Declaration on the elimination of all forms of intolerance and discrimination based on religion or belief; ESC; ECHR; Genocide convention; Framework convention for the protection on national minorities; Declaration on the rights of minorities; CERD; |
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3. | Danchin, Peter (ed.) : Protecting the human rights of religious minorities in Eastern Europe, 2002 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph Protecting the human rights of religious minorities in Eastern Europe / Danchin, Peter (ed.), xvii, 546 p.. - New York : Columbia U. P., 2002. ISBN 0-231-12474-0 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: CONTENTS: PART ONE: THEORETICAl PERSPECTIVES: 1. Religious minorities and religious freedom: an overview, David Little. 2. The protection of minority religions in Eastern Europe, by Eileen Barker. 3. Equality and religious preferences: theoretical, international and religious perspectives, by Tad Stahnke. PART TWO : INTERNATIONAL LEGAL PERSPECTIVES: 4. External monitoring and the international protection of freedom of religion or belief, by Peter G. Danchin. 5. The evolving jurisprudence of the European court of human rights and the protection of religious minorities, by Peter G. Danchin, Lisa Forman. 6. The organization for security and co-operation in Europe and the rights of religion or belief , by T. Jeremy Gunn. 7. Self-determination and the right to secession of religious minorities under international law, by Johan van Der Vyver. PART THREE : CASE STUDIES : A. Eastern and Central Europe. 8. State politics and religious pluralism in Russia and Ukraine: a comparative perspective, Serhii Plokhy. 9. Law and politics toward the Muslims in Bulgaria, Krassimir Kanev. 10. Protection of minority religions in Hungary: a comparative analysis, by Balàzs Schanda. PART THREE : CASE STUDIES : B : WESTERN EUROPE - COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES: 11. European parliamentary enquette commissions: justification of a two-tiered system of religious freedoms, by Carolyn Wah. 12. The contemporary form of the relationship between religious minorities and the state in Spain , by Rosa Mariá Martínez de Codes. 13. The protection of religious minorities in Belgium: a western European perspective, by Willy Fautré. PART FOUR : NON-LEGAL APPROACHES: 14. The development of Polish civil society and the experience of the Greek Catholic minority in eastern Poland, by Christopher Hann. 15. The Catholic church in post-communist Europe, by Timothy Byrnes. 16. American church advocacy of religious rights in East Germany: the legacy of the past for the present, by Robert Goeckel. 17. Catholic-Jewish dialogue in Poland: a difficult road to tolerance, by Stanislw Krajewski. AFTERWORD:. 18. Religion and human rights: the capacity to "swear to one's own hurt", by Donald W. Shriver. INDEX WORDS:
GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: Albania / Austria / Belgium / Bosnia-Herzegovina / Bulgaria / Canada / China / Croatia / Cuba / Czech Republic / Egypt / Estonia / Finland / USSR / Germany / Greece / Iran / Iraq / Ireland / Italy / Japan / Macedonia / Namibia / Northern Ireland / Pakistan / Poland / Roamnia / Russian Federation / Serbia / Spain / Sudan / Turkey / Ukraine LOCAL GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: Kosovo NOTE (GENERAL): UN charter; UDHR-18; ICCPR-21-26-27; ICESCR; ECHR; Arab charter on human rights; Declaration of the rights of minorities; Declaration on the elimination of all forms of intolerance and discrimination based on religion or belief; |
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4. | Almqvist, Jessica : Human rights, culture and the rule of law, 2005 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph Human rights, culture and the rule of law / Almqvist, Jessica - (Human rights law in perspective), xiii, 242 p.. - Oxford : Hart publ., 2005. ISBN 1-84113-506-2 LANGUAGE: ENG INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (GENERAL): ICESCR; ACHPR; CERD; Migrant workers convention; Draft declaration on the right of indigenous peoples; Charter of Europe; CEDAW; Beijing declaration and platform of action; Inter-American convention on the prevention, punishment and eradication of violence against women; |
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5. | Trigg, Roger : Religion in public life, 2007 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph Religion in public life : must faith be privatized? / Trigg, Roger, 262 p.. - Oxford : Oxford U. P., 2007. ISBN 978-0-19-927980-7 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: Introduction: 1. Church and State. 2. Reason and Freedom. 3. Religious Liberty. 4. Rights and Freedoms. 5. Multi-Culturalism and Religion. 6. The Role of the State. 7. Must Democracy be Religiously Neutral?. 8. Law and Religion. 9. Religion in State Education. 10. Must We Privatize Religion?. 11. Under God?. Conclusion . INDEX WORDS:
GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: Canada / France / Hungary / Latvia / Moldova / New Zealand / Northern Ireland / Russian Federation / United Kingdom / USA / Yemen NOTE (GENERAL): ECHR; Canadian charter of rights and freedoms; |