Segnalazione volume: Mechanisms for the implementation of minority rights ed. by Council of Europe Publishing, ECMI Handbook Series, Strasbourg 2004

Mechanisms for the implementation of minority rights
ed. by Council of Europe Publishing
ECMI Handbook Series
Strasbourg 2004

ISBN 92-871-5499-6
Eur 39.00 US$ 59.00

Mechanisms for the implementation of minority rights is the second in ECMI’s Handbook series on Minority Issues. The book offers a comprehensive and critical overview of the political and legal mechanisms that are available at both the European and international levels for the implementation of minority rights standards. Separate chapters cover the United Nations treaty monitoring bodies; the proceedings before the International Court of Justice, the Council of Europe’s treaties and mechanisms, the OSCE political commitments and mechanisms, and the EU contribution to the protection of minorities and the prevention of discrimination. In each chapter, the authors discuss prospects for the future and provide practical guidance for minority rights practitioners.

This book will be of interest to human rights scholars, students of international law and international relations, non-governmental organisations and other institutions involved in minority issues.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of abbreviations

Introduction – Minority rights, human rights: a review of basic concepts, entitlements and implementation procedures under international law, by Gaetano Pentassuglia

Chapter 1 – The United Nations treaty monitoring bodies and minority rights, with particular emphasis on the Human Rights Committee, by Alexander H.E. Morawa

Chapter 2 – The role of the United Nations Working Group on Minorities, by Asbjorn Eide

Chapter 3 – The International Court of Justice, by Frank Selbmann

Chapter 4 – Using the European Court of Human Rights to protect the rights of minorities, by Fernand de Varennes

Chapter 5 – The Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, by Alan Phillips

Chapter 6 – The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, by Stefan Oeter

Chapter 7 – Implementing minority rights in the framework of the CSCE/OSCE, by Claus Neukirch, Katrin Simhandl, and Wolfgang Zellner

Chapter 8 – European Union standards and mechanisms for the protection of minorities and the prevention of discrimination, by Kyriaki Topidi

Chapter 9 – Bilateral agreements and their implementation, by Emma Lantschner

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