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Frontmatter --Inhalt --Einleitung --I. Mythos der perfekten Flüchtlingskonvention --II. Flüchtlingsdefinition --III. Reiseroute --IV. Fallstricke zwischenstaatlicher Zusammenarbeit --V. Ausblick: institutionelle Legitimität --Schriftenreihe der Juristischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin

Foreword / Rita Izsak -- Introduction and acknowledgements / Ugo Caruso and Rainer Hofmann -- Historical background on the declaration / Alan Phillips -- Minority rights and the United Nations / Gudmundur Alfredsson -- Article 27 ICCPR 46 : a first point of reference / Ulrike Barten -- An overview of the UN declaration and major issues involved / Asbjorn Eide -- The United Nations forum on minority issues and its role in promoting the UN declaration on the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities / Graham Fox -- Participation of minorities in constitution building / Annelies Verstichel -- The enigma of human rights responsibilities : religious minorities and the UN declaration on minorities / Nazila Ghanea -- The UN declaration on minorities' vision on 'integration' / Kristin Henrard -- 'New' minorities, integration policies and the UN declaration on minorities / Stephanie E. Berry -- The European regime and the applicability of the UN declaration / Tove H. Malloy -- The 1992 UN declaration on minorities and the African human rights system / Solomon Dersso -- The declaration and its guidance a view from South Asia / Joshua Castellino and Elvira Dominguez-Redondo -- ASEAN : background and human rights mechanisms / Arie Bloed and Nicole Girard -- The UN declaration and the Organization of American States / Alexandra Tomaselli -- History is not a destiny : minority rights and multiculturalism in the Arab world / Eva Pfostl

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