The weaknesses in the international protection of minority rights /

The weaknesses in the international protection of minority rights / / Javaid Rehman.

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The issue of minority rights continues to occupy a sensitive position in international law. Historical as well as contemporary events show that the subject is also capable of engulfing the international community as a whole. The contention of the present study is that international law is in itself...

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Rehman, Javaid,
Place / Publishing House:The Hague : : Brill,, [2000]
©2000
Year of Publication:2000
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I : Introduction.
  • 1. Introduction.
  • 2. Conceptual Analysis of the Rights of ethnic, Linguistic and Religious Minorities.
  • Part II : Minorities and International Law From Past to Present.
  • 3. Historical Evolution of the Concept of the Protection of Minorities in International Law.
  • Part III : Established Rights Under International Law.
  • 4. Minorities and the Right to Physical Existence in International Law.
  • 5. The right to Physical Existence and the Minorities of Pakistan.
  • 6. Minorities and the Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination in International Law.
  • 7. The Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination and Minorities of Pakistan.
  • Part IV : Emerging Rights in International Law.
  • 8. Minorities and the Right to Autonomy in International Law.
  • 9. Minorities of Pakistan and the Issue of Autonomy.
  • Part V : Conclusion.
  • 10. Concluding Observations. Select Bibliography.
  • Appendices:
  • A. The Declaration on the Rights of Persons belonging to National, or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities (United Nations General Assembly Resolution 47/135).
  • B. Agreement between India and Pakistan 1950 Concerning Minorities. (Extract) Signed at New Delhi 8 April (1950) UNTS, 131, 4.
  • C. The Proclamation of Independence (Bangladesh).
  • D. International Crimes (Tribunal) Act, 1973 (Bangladesh).
  • E. Bangladesh-India-Pakistan Agreement on the Repatriation of Prisoners of War and Civilian Internees, 1974, 13 ILM (1974), 501.
  • Maps: Indian Subcontinent (After 1947). Pakistan (Since 1971).

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