This Oxford Commentary is the first comprehensive article-by-article analysis of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. It discusses the conceptual and instrumental framework of the Convention and the CERD Committee, and addresses some of the critical challenges confronting the Convention.
This Oxford Commentary is the first comprehensive article-by-article analysis of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. It discusses the conceptual and instrumental framework of the Convention and the CERD Committee, and addresses some of the critical challenges confronting the Convention.
Patrick Thornberry CMG is Emeritus Professor of International Law at Keele University, and a Fellow of Kellogg College, University of Oxford. Professor Thornberry has been a member of CERD - the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - since 2001 and was rapporteur of that Committee from 2002 until Spring 2008. He is a former Chairman of Minority Rights Group International and has acted as consultant and adviser to a range of international organizations. Patrick Thornberry is the author of numerous works in the field of minority rights, rights of indigenous peoples, and racial discrimination.
Inhaltsangabe
* 1: Introduction: Race and ethnicity in international law * 2: Genesis and drafting of the convention; the swastika epidemic, the Cold War, anti-colonialism * 3: The Preamble to the Convention: context and themes * 4: Discrimination 1: Equality, special measures, and the scope of the Convention * 5: Discrimination 2: Grounds and victims of discrimination. * 6: Discrimination 3: Intersectionalities, gender, religion * 7: Discrimination, public authorities, and private actors * 8: Apartheid and segregation * 9: Racist and analogous forms of hate speech * 10: Racial discrimination and the spectrum of human rights * 11: Remedies for racial discrimination * 12: Anti-racist education and education for tolerance * 13: Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and its procedures: An introduction * 14: Reports, individual and inter-state communications, follow-up mechanisms * 15: The General Recommendations * 16: Early warning and urgent action procedures * 17: Petitions and the Colonial Declaration * 18: Final clauses 1: Ratifications, reservations, the possibility of denunciation * 19: Final clauses 2: Disputes and the role of the International Court of Justice; amendment of the Convention * 20: Conclusions and appraisal: The contribution of the Convention, challenges, and prospects
* 1: Introduction: Race and ethnicity in international law * 2: Genesis and drafting of the convention; the swastika epidemic, the Cold War, anti-colonialism * 3: The Preamble to the Convention: context and themes * 4: Discrimination 1: Equality, special measures, and the scope of the Convention * 5: Discrimination 2: Grounds and victims of discrimination. * 6: Discrimination 3: Intersectionalities, gender, religion * 7: Discrimination, public authorities, and private actors * 8: Apartheid and segregation * 9: Racist and analogous forms of hate speech * 10: Racial discrimination and the spectrum of human rights * 11: Remedies for racial discrimination * 12: Anti-racist education and education for tolerance * 13: Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and its procedures: An introduction * 14: Reports, individual and inter-state communications, follow-up mechanisms * 15: The General Recommendations * 16: Early warning and urgent action procedures * 17: Petitions and the Colonial Declaration * 18: Final clauses 1: Ratifications, reservations, the possibility of denunciation * 19: Final clauses 2: Disputes and the role of the International Court of Justice; amendment of the Convention * 20: Conclusions and appraisal: The contribution of the Convention, challenges, and prospects
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