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Book SynopsisThis 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.
Table of ContentsContents: 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 Kälin (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 Rodríguez-Pinzón 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’
