Group rights and discrimination in international law / Natan Lerner
Imprint
Dordrecht : M. Nijhoff, 1990
Descript
181 p. ; 25 cm
CONTENT
Group rights and discrimination: Historical overview: from protection of minorities to group rights -- The Meaning of group rights and discrimination in international law -- The Main grounds for discrimination: Racism and racial discrimination: the UN convention -- Intolerance and discrimination based on religion or belief -- The Protection of specific groups: Indigenous populations -- The Apartheid convention -- Anti-semitism -- Special situations related to group membership: migrant groups; slavery -- The Protection of specific rights: The Right to existence: the genocide convention -- Education: the UNESCO convention -- Labor: the ILO convention -- Identity of the group: the UNESCO declaration on race and racial prejudice -- Advancing the group: affirmative action