Protection of Minorities: Regimes, Norms and Issues in South Asia by Borhan Uddin Khan - Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman

Offers an account of international standards aimed at protection of minorities. This book addresses the issue on identification of minorities as understood by international law. It analyses the rights of minorities under international standards. It also intends to relate international standards on minority protection to South Asian regimes. Top page

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We live in a world that not only sets standards for but also professes its commitment to promote and protect 'rights'. Since ours is an age of heightened public interest in auditing the actual realisation of such standards and commitment, the first major focus of this book is a critical account of international standards aimed at protection of minorities. To that end, it concentrates on four key dimensions. First, it addresses the issue on identification of minorities as understood by international law. Second, it outlines a brief history on development of international law towards a better protection of minorities. Third, it gives an overview of international instruments and mechanisms on minorities. Finally, it analyses the rights of minorities under international standards. All these dimensions point to the fact that international minority rights lag behind the development of other branches of rights. The second major focus of this book is to relate international standards on minority protection to South Asian regimes. Concentrating on India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Maldives, and Afghanistan, an endeavor is made to examine the state of minorities and their protection under the domestic regimes. It emerges that the normative commitments of these states are less or more compatible with international standards. Nevertheless, majority-minority syndrome persistently remains as one of the causes behind multidimensional deprivation and victimization of South Asian minorities. The present book also assesses the extent to which regional cooperation in South Asia has so far contributed to extending protection to minorities. This ends with an argument that SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) has potentials to play far greater role in this regard. Top page

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Publisher & Imprint: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

City: Newcastle upon Tyne

Pages: 165

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Age recommended: College/higher education

Subject Indexing & Classification Dewey:(DC23) 342.540873

Record updated at: 06 February, 2013 time: 17:15

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