"During May 20th to 22nd 2008, the Institute of Law of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and the Institute of Federalism of the University of Fribourg Switzerland jointly held the International Conference on Theories and Practices of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in Beijing ... The 26 articles in this book ... represent one of the important achievements of the International Conference..."--Foreword. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Foreword. On justification for the protection of disadvantaged groups : a commentary from a theoretical perspective / Yu Shaoxiang -- Amalgamation of different cultures for a world harmony construction : in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 30th anniversary of China's reform and opening-up / Liu Hainian -- On the protection of minority rights : from a perspective of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights / Zhu Xiaoqing -- The Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities within the Council of Europe / Rainer Hofmann -- The role of the Venice Commission and the European Court of Human Rights in guaranteeing international standards of minority rights / Nicolas Levrat -- On justification for the protection of disadvantaged groups : a commentary from a theoretical perspective / Yu Shaoxiang -- Study on the height discrimination in the employment in Chinese urban areas : on the case study of height requirements in the recruitment advertisement in 300 thousand copies of newspapers in Shanghai and Chengdu from 1995 to 2005 / Zhou Wei -- The equal protection of minority rights from a perspective of Chinese minority nationality / Wang Guanghui -- The role of the Human Rights Committee in guaranteeing international legal standards for minority protection / Vojin Dimitrijevic -- Constitutionality of minority rights : as well as foundations of the human rights values in strategy of developing West China / Mo Jihong -- The protection of minority rights by a comprehensive legal system and preferential policy : paths and experiences of the regional national in China / Chen Jianyue -- Study on the height discrimination in the employment in Chinese urban areas : on the case study of height requirements in the recruitment advertisement in 300 thousand copies of newspapers in Shanghai and Chengdu from 1995 to 2005 / Zhou Wei -- Protection of fundamental cultural right of Chinese minority nationalities : looking from the case Sandra Lovelace v. Canada / Tian Yan -- Social rights of the disabled and their realization / Liu Cuixiao -- The protection law for employment of persons with disabilities in China : anti-discrimination law and the quota system / Xie Zengyi -- Participation rights as foundational in the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities / Lidija R. Basta Fleiner -- Domestic implementation of anti-discrimination convention on employment : taking ILO convention no. 111 as an example / Ye Jingyi & Yan Tian -- Swiss understanding of minority rights and compliance with international legal standards / Maya Hertig Randall -- Understanding of the term "minority" in the context of Chinese language / Su Yigong -- Protection of fundamental cultural right of Chinese minority nationalities : looking from the case Sandra Lovelace v. Canada / Tian Yan -- Nation-state and minority rights protection : European immigration policies and their development prospect / Liu Hong. The legislative and judicial protection of minority rights with regard to language in Switzerland / Thomas Fleiner and Eva Schassmann -- Language discrimination and minority protection / Maria Lundberg -- A study of the protection of subsistence right and dignity right of minorities / Chen Weixing & Wang Lan -- Jurisprudence for international protection of minority rights, sources, concept and criteria of international protection / Dong Bin -- Nation-state and minority rights protection : European immigration policies and their development prospect / Liu Hong.
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