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The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination : a commentary / Patrick Thornberry.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2016Description: xxix, 535 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0198827407
  • 9780198827405
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 342.930873 23
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. The Convention : genesis and background -- 3. Towards the convention -- 4. Convention and the committee -- 5. Title and preamble -- 6. Article 1: Definition of racial discrimination -- 7. Article 1, paragraphs 2 and 3: Discrimination and non-citizens -- 8. Article 2: Obligations to eliminate racial discrimination -- 9. Special measures under convention: definitions and obligations -- 10. Article 3: Segregation and apartheid -- 11. Article 4: Racist hate speech -- 12. Article 5: Introduction and drafting -- 13. Article 5: Civil and political rights -- 14. Article 5: Economic, social, and cultural rights -- 15. Article 5: Comment and conclusions -- 16. Article 6: Remedies for racial discrimination -- 17. Article 7: The role of education in combating racial discrimination -- 18. Article 20: Reservations -- 19. Article 22: Role of international court of justice -- 20. The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination: a summary reflection.
Summary: "Against the background of international human rights standards and mechanisms to counter racial and ethnic discrimination, this book provides the first comprehensive legal analysis of the provisions of the Convention on an article-by article basis. The book addresses the place of the Convention within the broader framework of international action against discrimination. The different chapters analyse and discuss broad topics of race, ethnicity, and international law, the genesis and drafting of the Convention, the aims and objectives of the Convention in light of its preamble, and principles of non-discrimination and equality."--Publisher's website.
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1. Introduction -- 2. The Convention : genesis and background -- 3. Towards the convention -- 4. Convention and the committee -- 5. Title and preamble -- 6. Article 1: Definition of racial discrimination -- 7. Article 1, paragraphs 2 and 3: Discrimination and non-citizens -- 8. Article 2: Obligations to eliminate racial discrimination -- 9. Special measures under convention: definitions and obligations -- 10. Article 3: Segregation and apartheid -- 11. Article 4: Racist hate speech -- 12. Article 5: Introduction and drafting -- 13. Article 5: Civil and political rights -- 14. Article 5: Economic, social, and cultural rights -- 15. Article 5: Comment and conclusions -- 16. Article 6: Remedies for racial discrimination -- 17. Article 7: The role of education in combating racial discrimination -- 18. Article 20: Reservations -- 19. Article 22: Role of international court of justice -- 20. The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination: a summary reflection.

"Against the background of international human rights standards and mechanisms to counter racial and ethnic discrimination, this book provides the first comprehensive legal analysis of the provisions of the Convention on an article-by article basis. The book addresses the place of the Convention within the broader framework of international action against discrimination. The different chapters analyse and discuss broad topics of race, ethnicity, and international law, the genesis and drafting of the Convention, the aims and objectives of the Convention in light of its preamble, and principles of non-discrimination and equality."--Publisher's website.

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