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This book provides the first comprehensive assessment of the contribution of the United Nations to the human rights situation of the Bahá'ís in Iran. It does this by examining the theoretical, legal, institutional and political dimensions of this issue in detail. The situation of the Bahá'í community in Iran between 1979 and 2002 provides a particularly good test case for the international community due to its clarity. By giving attention to a singular case within a discrete time frame, this book is able to effectively examine the impact of UN human rights protection. Attention is given in this study to the clash between religion and human rights, the protection of freedom of religion or belief in international law, the workings of UN human rights charter-based and treaty bodies and their various mechanisms, and recommendations for the resolution of the Bahá'í human rights situation in Iran

This article considers the human rights situation of religious minorities living in the Muslim Middle East. It notes the common thread of human rights abuses that they face, and analyzes this in the light of Muslim legal concepts and standards. The article then explores whether or not the improvement of the human rights situation of religious minorities in the Middle East could be attempted from within a Muslim religious framework. Can the emancipatory interpretation of Islamic traditions and laws be used to eliminate the obstacles to the realization of their rights? This examination is carried out in the light of the literature and activism on the promotion of the rights of women under Muslim and Middle Eastern rule.

"In recent years, controversial issues related to religion or belief, discrimination, equality and human rights have come to the fore, especially in the context of public debates around multiculturalism following the 'social policy shock' created by the impact of violent religious extremism. For example should there be restrictions on what people can wear in the work place based on their religious identity? Should religious organizations be exempt from aspects of equalities legislation which are not in line with their beliefs and values? How should non-religious identities be recognized?In the context of increasing cultural and religion or belief diversity, it is vitally important for the future to understand the nature and extent of discrimination and unfair treatment on the grounds of religion or belief, and to assess the adequacy of policies, practices and laws designed to tackle this. This includes the overlap of religion or belief identities with other aspects of people's identity including characteristics such as age, disability, race, sex and sexual orientation which can also be legally protected.This volume is a benchmark publication on religion, discrimination and equality. It includes data and insights derived from the fieldwork, focus groups and questionnaire survey of a recent national research project in Britain. Its analysis presents a unique insight into continuity and change in people's reported experience over a decade of equalities legislation and political and social change. Grounded in empirical and contextualized data, its findings are placed in the context of European and international human rights law. Its findings will be of special interest to both scholars and practitioners working in the specific fields of education, employment, the media, criminal justice and immigration, housing, health care, social services, and funding, as well as in the broader fields of religion or belief, the law and public policy"--

Where can religions find sources of legitimacy for human rights? How do, and how should, religious leaders and communities respond to human rights as defined in modern International Law? When religious precepts contradict human rights standards which should trump the other? This volume tackle these difficult questions and other questions

Intro -- Contributors -- Introduction and Acknowledgements -- Section I Self-Determination and Indigenous Peoples -- Chapter 1 WHAT ARE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES? (Martin Scheinin) -- Chapter 2 THE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION: MEANING AND SCOPE (Alexandra Xanthaki) -- Chapter 3 SELF-DETERMINATION AND THE USE OF FORCE (Malcolm N. Shaw) -- Chapter 4 CONCEPTUAL DIFFICULTIES AND THE RIGHT TO INDIGENOUS SELF-DETERMINATION (Joshua Castellino) -- Chapter 5 INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' RIGHTS TO LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES (Erica-Irene A. Daes) -- Chapter 6 THE WORLD BANK AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES (Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark) -- Chapter 7 ECONOMIC SOLUTIONS TO POLITICAL PROBLEMS: THE CASE OF THE CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS (Chandra Roy) -- Section II Minorities -- Chapter 8 INDIVIDUALS, COLLECTIVITIES AND RIGHTS (Geoff Gilbert) -- Chapter 9 MINORITIES, INDIGENOUS AND TRIBAL PEOPLES, AND PEOPLES: DEFINITIONS OF TERMS AS A MATTER OF INTERNATIONAL LAW (Gudmundur Alfredsson) -- Chapter 10 INTEGRATION AND SEPARATION: LEGAL AND POLITICAL CHOICES IN IMPLEMENTING MINORITY RIGHTS (Tom Hadden) -- Chapter 11 REPRESSING MINORITIES AND GETTING AWAY WITH IT? A CONSIDERATION OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS (Nazila Ghanea) -- Chapter 12 MULTICULTURALISM AND ITS DISCONTENTS (Dominic McGoldrick) -- Chapter 13 COLOUR AS A GROUND OF DISCRIMINATION (Michael Banton) -- Chapter 14 THE OSCE HIGH COMMISSIONER ON NATIONAL MINORITIES: PYROMETER, PROPHYLACTIC, PYROSVESTIS (John Packer) -- Chapter 15 COUNCIL OF EUROPE POLICIES CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF LINGUISTIC MINORITIES AND THE JUSTICIABILITY OF MINORITY RIGHTS (María Amor Martín Estébanez) -- Chapter 16 THE AFRICAN UNION AND THE PROSPECTS FOR MINORITY PROTECTION (Timothy Murithi) -- Chapter 17 THE KURDISH QUESTION IN TURKEY: HISTORICAL ROOTS, DOMESTIC CONCERNS AND INTERNATIONAL LAW (Bülent Gökay) -- Bibliography.