Minorities, Peoples And Self-determination ─ Essays In Honour Of Patrick Thornberry

The contributors to this volume advance the debate about minorities and indigenous peoples by addressing directly controversial subjects such as multiculturalism, color as grounds for discrimination, natural resources for indigenous peoples, and the economic and social rights of minority groups. The collection includes critical reviews of recent relevant work by the World Bank, the African Union, the Council of Europe and the OSCE and case studies of the Kurds and Jumma peoples. The contributors have various backgrounds as academics, practitioners and international civil servants, but all have worked with Patrick Thornberry, professor of international law at the University of Keele and a lifelong advocate for human rights. The text lacks an index. Nijhoff is an imprint of Brill. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Nazila Ghanea is Senior Lecturer in International Law and Human Rights at the University of London, Institute of Commonwealth Studies. She has publications in the field of minority rights, freedom of religion or belief and the UN human rights machinery. She has acted as a United Nations consultant on minority rights in Iran. Her recent publications include Human Rights, the UN and the Baha’is in Iran (The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 2003).Alexandra Xanthaki is Lecturer in International Law at Brunel University. She has published on indigenous rights, group rights and minority rights and has acted as a United Nations consultant on indigenous rights. She is currently completing a monograph on the rights of indigenous peoples in international law.