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Zusatztext It moves beyond the old travaux-based model of understanding the treaty's meaning,9 supplementing it with a practice-based model rooted in the COs, EW/UA, GRs and ICs, themselves reflective of the individuals and groups who have sought out the treaty's protection. Allied with renewed global concerns around race and racial discrimination in the twenty-first century, it ought to mark far greater engagement with CERD procedures from the human rights community and wider actors in the next 50 years and beyond. Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 ...
