PS531, The International Law of Human Rights
Fall Semester 2004
Study Guide for Week 13
Discrimination, Rights of Minorities, and Indigenous Peoples
Readings:
Symonides, chapters 8-9
Websites to check:
International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination
UN Conference on Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance (official website)
International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (see also UNESCO site on Indigenous Peoples)
Questions to consider in reading Symonides, chapters 8-9
1. What international documents apply to minorities and indigenous peoples?
2. How are minorities and indigenous peoples defined? What is the difference between them?
3. What rights are minorities to be provided? Which ones are controversial?
4. What rights are indigenous peoples to be provided? Which ones are controversial?