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Old and New Islam in Greece : From Historical Minorities to Immigrant Newcomers.
Table of Contents: “…CHAPTER SEVEN UNBENDING IDENTITIES, INVISIBLE DIVERSITIES7.1. Minority Muslims; 7.1.1. The Existence of Minorities ... is a Question of Law; 7.1.2. …”
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The United Nations declaration on minorities : an academic account on the occasion of its 20th anniversary (1992-2012) /
Table of Contents: “…Foreword / Rita Izsak -- Introduction and acknowledgements / Ugo Caruso and Rainer Hofmann -- Historical background on the declaration / Alan Phillips -- Minority rights and the United Nations / Gudmundur Alfredsson -- Article 27 ICCPR 46 : a first point of reference / Ulrike Barten -- An overview of the UN declaration and major issues involved / Asbjorn Eide -- The United Nations forum on minority issues and its role in promoting the UN declaration on the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities / Graham Fox -- Participation of minorities in constitution building / Annelies Verstichel -- The enigma of human rights responsibilities : religious minorities and the UN declaration on minorities / Nazila Ghanea -- The UN declaration on minorities' vision on 'integration' / Kristin Henrard -- 'New' minorities, integration policies and the UN declaration on minorities / Stephanie E. …”
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A dialogical concept of minority rights /
Table of Contents: “…Group rights : laws, concepts, contestations -- Liberal ideals, the nature of identity, minority rights : towards a fusion of group rights and individual rights -- A dialogical translation of the concept of minority rights -- Minority rights against the state -- Rights against the minority group -- Group agency the capacity to self-govern from dependency, through assisted capacity-building, to meaningful autonomy -- The rights culture vs. a dialogical rights culture : the conclusion.…”
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The impact of EU law on minority rights /
Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- International standard-setting : 'minority' and 'minority rights' -- The EU : context and legal order -- The EU's legal framework : interpretative provisions and principles -- The EU's legal framework : competence provisions -- EU law and minority cultural rights -- EU law and minority linguistic rights -- EU law and the minority rights of Roma -- Conclusion.…”
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Minority protection in post-apartheid South Africa : human rights, minority rights, and self-determination /
Subjects: “…Minorities Legal status, laws, etc. South Africa.…”
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Language policy and conflict prevention /
Table of Contents: “…Introduction: shaping language policies to promote stability / Bob Deen and William Romans -- The HCNM approach to the promotion of the state/official language in various OSCE participating states / Laurentiu Hadirca -- To speak or not to speak : minority languages, the public administration and the enforcement of linguistic requirements / Iryna Ulasiuk and Laurentiu Hadirca -- Mind your own business: the Oslo recommendations and the linguistic rights of national minorities in economic life / Jennifer Croft -- The intersection of language and religion in the context of national minorities / Asa Solway and Alessandro Rotta -- HCNM recommendations on the use of minority languages in the broadcast media as a baseline for context-specific advice to participating states / Sarah Stephan and Dmitry Nurumov -- The HCNM impact on minority and state language promotion and on the social integration of diverse societies through education : the cases of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan / Atanasia Stoianova and Michael Angermann -- Continued relevance of an 'Oslo' language policy in a changing world / Fernand de Varennes and Elzbieta Kuzborska -- 'The borders of my language mean the borders of my world' : language rights and their evolving significance for minority rights and integration of societies / Francesco Palermo -- Language rights in the work of the advisory committee / Petra Roter and Brigitta Busch -- The right to display place names in regional or minority languages within the Council of Europe legal framework / Vesna Crnic-Grotic -- Protection of linguistic rights of linguistic minorities in the UN context / Rita Izsak-Ndiaye -- Language rights and the work of the European Union / Bruno De Witte -- 'Taking Oslo online': minority language policy & the internet / Jennifer Jackson-Preece -- Language rights and duties for new minorities : integration through diversity governance / Joseph Marko and Roberta Medda-Windischer.…”
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Taking ethno-cultural diversity seriously in constitutional design : a theory of minority rights for addressing Africa's multiethnic challenge /
Table of Contents: “…The issue of minorities in Africa : describing its context and understanding its nature -- The issue of minorities in the political and constitutional discourse and practice of post-colonial Africa -- The normative bases for constitutional accommodation of ethno-cultural diversity in Africa : the three components of the minority rights framework -- Towards a multicultural constitutional framework : the institutional dimensions of the minority rights framework -- South Africa's constitutional design for the accommodation of diversity -- The case of Ethiopia's ethnic federalism -- Conclusion, findings, and final observations.…”
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Ethno-cultural diversity and human rights : challenges and critiques /
Table of Contents: “…Collective and group-specific : can the rights of ethno-cultural minorities be human rights? -- 2. Why majority rights matter in the context of ethno-cultural diversity : the interlinkage of minority rights, indigenous rights, and majority rights -- 3. …”
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The implications of the Racial equality directive for minority protection within the European Union /
Table of Contents: “…The Racial equality directive and minority protection : an exploration -- Personal scope -- Material scope -- Direct discrimination -- Indirect discrimination -- Harassment and the instruction to discriminate -- Positive action -- Conclusion.…”
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Beyond marriage : continuing battles for LGBT rights /
Subjects: “…Sexual minorities Legal status, laws, etc. United States.…”
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The legal universe : observations on the foundations of American law /
Subjects: “…Minorities Legal status, laws, etc. United States.…”
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Managing diversity through non-territoral autonomy : assessing advantages, deficiencies, and risks /
Subjects: “…Minorities Legal status, laws, etc.…”
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Human rights dilemmas in the developing world : the case of marginalized populations at risk /
Table of Contents: “…Indigenous and minority groups in Latin America: history, fragmentation and struggle for human rights /…”
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Treading on sacred grounds : places of worship, local planning and religious freedom in Australia /
Subjects: “…Religious minorities Legal status, laws, etc. Australia.…”
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Illegal migrations and the Huckleberry Finn problem /
Subjects: “…Minorities Legal status, laws, etc. United States History.…”
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Gay priori : a queer critical legal studies approach to law reform /
Subjects: “…Sexual minorities Legal status, laws, etc. United States.…”
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