Books from Minority Rights Group
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Gender, Minorities and Indigenous Peoples
By Fareda Banda, C. M. Chinkin"The aim of this report is to encourage those working on minority and indigenous peoples' rights to consider the issues from a gender perspective, and to encourage those working on...
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Minorities and Human Rights Law
By Patrick ThornberryOutlines the historical development of international legal standards concerned with the protection and promotion of minority rights and critically evaluates these standards in light of legal and political philosophy. Developments...
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Roma/gypsies: A European Minority
By Jean-Pierre Liégeois, Nicolae GheorgheOverview of the Roma/Gypy community and its history of discrimination and persecution in Europe, analyzing the various policies adopted during the 600 years since the Roma/Gypsies first migrated to Europe....
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Cutting the Rose: Female Genital Mutilation : the Practice and Its Prevention
By Efua DorkenooIn order to answer these questions, Efua Dorkenoo presents the facts about Female Genital Mutilation. From her research in the field and her work in Britain, she then gives a...
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The Sahel, the Peoples' Right to Development
By Nigel CrossCovers the situation in the Sahelan countries and other similar countries - Sudan, Northern Kenya - from the viewpoint of the whole area as a deprived region. The report covers...
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Central America's Indians
By David Stephen, Phillip WearneOverview of the historical background and the situation in Latin
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Cyprus
By Keith KyleIndependence constitution, the crisis of 1963, 1967 and 1974, the
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The Basques and Catalans
By Kenneth Medhurst, Minority Rights GroupLooks at the problems facing Spain's young democracy in the light.
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Israel's Oriental Immigrants and Druzes
By Eric Silver, Alfred FriendlyIsrael's Oriental Immigrants and Druzes
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Twa Women, Twa Rights in the Great Lakes Region of Africa
By Dorothy Jackson, Katrina PayneThis title examines the rights of Twa women in Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda.
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The Pacific: Nuclear Testing and Minorities
By Erich Weingärtner"... During World War II the Pacific was a major battle ground. After the war it became a nuclear testing ground for the US in the Marshall Islands and for...
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Minorities and Development: The Colombian Plan Pacifico
Minorities and Development: The Colombian Plan Pacifico
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New Approaches to Minority Protection
By Asbjørn EideNew Approaches to Minority Protection
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Cutting the Rose: Female Genital Mutilation : the Practice and Its Prevention
By Efua DorkenooIn order to answer these questions, Efua Dorkenoo presents the facts about Female Genital Mutilation. From her research in the field and her work in Britain, she then gives a...
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Female Genital Mutilation: Proposals for Change
By Scilla Elworthy, Efua DorkenooThis report provides an explanation of the practice of female circumcision - its extent, practice, historical antecedents, contemporary practice, medical and social consequences, and campaigns against it (legal, medical and...
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Minorities in Cambodia
By Minority Rights Group, David R. Hawk, International Centre for Ethnic StudiesMinorities in Cambodia
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International Action Against Genocide
By Leo Kuper"The report that follows has been commissioned, and is published, by the Minority Rights Group as a contribution to public understanding of the problem which forms its subject. It does...
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Teaching about Prejudice
By Michael BantonTeaching about Prejudice
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Armenia and Karabagh: The Struggle for Unity
By Christopher J. WalkerExamines an issue crucial to Armenian identity - the disrupted enclave of mountainous Karabagh in neighbouring Azerbaijan. For centuries a centre of Armenian culture, Karabagh has consistently been denied an...
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The Rights of Mentally Ill People
By Christopher HeginbothamThe Rights of Mentally Ill People