Contents

pp v-vi

Foreword

pp vii-viii

Abbreviations

pp ix-xii

1 - Introduction

pp 1-20

PART A - Minorities-specific instruments, provisions and institutions

pp 21-22

2 - The United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: Article 27 and other provisions

pp 23-45

3 - The United Nations Working Group on Minorities

pp 46-87

4 - The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities

pp 88-118

5 - The Council of Europe's Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities

pp 119-154

6 - The Council of Europe's European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages

pp 155-186

PART B - Non-minorities-specific instruments, provisions and institutions

pp 187-188

7 - Developments relating to minorities in the law on genocide

pp 189-212

8 - The United Nations International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

pp 213-248

9 - The United Nations International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

pp 249-277

10 - The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and Children Belonging to Minority Groups

pp 278-296

11 - UNESCO's Convention Against Discrimination in Education

pp 297-313

12 - A patchwork of ‘successful’ and ‘missed’ synergies in the jurisprudence of the ECHR

pp 314-364

13 - The many faces of minority policy in the European Union

pp 365-384

14 - Developments under the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights relevant to Minorities

pp 385-400

15 - Regional cooperation and minority issues in the Asia-Pacific region

pp 401-424

Index

pp 425-462