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Minority Rights Protection in International Law (Research in Migration and Ethnic Relations) - Hardcover

O'Nions, Helen

 
9780754609216: Minority Rights Protection in International Law (Research in Migration and Ethnic Relations)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0754609219 ISBN 13: 9780754609216
Publisher: Routledge, 2007

Synopsis

There are approximately ten million Roma in Europe, making them the continent’s largest non-territorial minority. Despite this fact, the Roma continue to experience routine discrimination and marginalization in European countries. As a result they are seldom engaged in national political activism and are frequently at the bottom of the economic and social ladder. The severity of exclusion experienced by the Roma in societies which have long paid heed to the notion of individual, universal human rights - combined with their geographical dispersal and heterogeneous nature - makes the study of the Roma highly informative. This book examines the theoretical debate concerning the most appropriate way of protecting the fundamental human rights of the Roma, which also illuminates ways in which the rights of minority groups can be protected more generally. As a result, this work will be a valuable resource for social scientists and practitioners in the field of human rights.

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About the Author

Helen O'Nions is Senior Lecturer in law at the University of Lincoln, UK. She has published widely on British Gypsies, immigration control and asylum policy.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0754609219
ISBN 13 
9780754609216
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
344