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Informationen zum Autor Hurst Hannum is a Professor of Law at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. He has been counsel in cases before European and Inter-American human rights bodies and is a member of the boards of Minority Rights Group International (London) and the International Service for Human Rights (Geneva). Hurst Hannum is the author or editor of numerous books and articles on international law and human rights and serves on editorial advisory boards of Human Rights Law Review and Human Rights Quarterly. Klappentext Demands for "autonomy" or minority rights have given rise to conflicts, often violent, in every region of the world and under every political system. Through an analysis of contemporary international legal norms and an examination of several specific case studies - including Hong Kong, India, the transnational problems of the Kurds and Saamis, Nicaragua, Northern Ireland, Spain, Sri Lanka, and the Sudan - this book goes beyond mere slogans and identifies a framework in which ethnic, religious, and regional conflicts can be addressed. This newly revised edition includes two new chapters which expand and update both the topical discussions and the case studies included in the first edition. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 3 2. Sovereignty, Statehood, and Nationalism 14 3. Self-Determination 27 4. The Rights of Minorities 50 5. Indigenous Rights 74 6. Human Rights 104 7. Hong Kong 129 8. India and the Punjab 151 9. The Kurds 178 10. The Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua 203 11. Northern Ireland 226 12. The Saami (Lapp) People of Norway, Sweden, and Finland 247 13. Spain—The Basque Country and Catalonia 263 14. Sri Lanka 280 15. Sudan 308 16. Federal or Quasi-Federal Structures 337 —Eritrea (1952-1962) —Greenland —Netherlands Antilles —Switzerland (1848-1874) —Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 17. Territories of International Concern 370 —Aland Islands —Free City of Danzig —Memel Territory —New Zealand—The Associate States of the Cook Islands and Niue and the Territory of Tokelau —The Saar (1920-1935) —The Saar (1945-1955) —Free Territory of Trieste 18. Other Situations of Interest 407 —Belgium —Indian Peoples in Brazil —China —Fiji —Italy—the South Tyrol —Malaysia 19. Conclusion 453 Recent Developments 479 Postscript 495 Selected Bibliography 509 Index 515 ...
