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The weaknesses in the international protection of minority rights

The issue of minority rights continues to occupy a sensitive position in international law. Historical as well as contemporary events show that the subject is also capable of engulfing the international community as a whole. The contention of the present study is that international law is in itself a difficult medium for providing adequate rights for minorities & for effectively safeguarding those rights. This volume analyses the weaknesses in the international protection of minority rights through a detailed examination of the practices & policies of Pakistan. Thought-provoking & original in its approach, this volume will prove to be of enormous value to international human rights lawyers & to scholars engaged in the study of minority rights in South-Asia & Pakistan
Print Book, English, ©2000
Kluwer Law International, The Hague, ©2000
xiv, 268 pages : maps ; 25 cm
9789041113504, 9041113509
43328937
Part I: Introduction
1. Introduction
2. Conceptual analysis of the rights of ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities. Part II: Minorities and international law
from past to present
3. Historical evolution of the concept of protection of minorities in international law. Part III: Established rights under international law
4. Minorities and the right to physical existence in international law
5. The right to physical existence and the minorities of Pakistan
6. Minorities and the right to equality and non-discrimination in international law
7. The right to equality and non-discrimination and minorities of Pakistan. Part IV: Emerging rights in international law
8. Minorities and the right to autonomy in international law
9. Minorities of Pakistan and the issue of autonomy. Part V: Conclusion
10. Concluding observations. Appendices
A: Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious or Linguistic Minorities
B: Agreement between India and Pakistan 1950 concerning Minorities (extract)
C: The Proclamation of Independence (Bangladesh)
D: International Crimes (Tribunal) Act, 1973 (Bangladesh)
E: Bangladesh-India-Pakistan: Agreement on the Repatriation of Prisoners of War and Civilian Internees
F: On Bangladesh war crimes and the war crimes trial