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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.
List of contents
- 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
About the author
Patrick Thornberry CMG is Emeritus Professor of International Law at Keele University, an Honorary Professor of Law at the University of Nottingham, and a former Visiting Fellow of Kellogg College, University of Oxford. Professor Thornberry was a member of CERD-the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination-from 2001 to 2014 and was rapporteur of that Committee from 2002 until 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.
Summary
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.
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Patrick Thornberry, Emeritus Professor at Keele University, has delivered his second masterpiece ... This Commentary is part of the prestigious Oxford Commentaries on International Law. This book differs from the other commentaries published in this series on a very important point: While most of them are team works where the editor fulfils first of all (but, of course, not exclusively) a coordinating function, Thornberry has written the whole text on his own - a really impressive achievement! Impressive is the result also as to its content.
