Table of Contents

Contents: Günther Rautz: Foreword – Rainer Hofmann/Ugo Caruso: Introduction – Gulshan Sachdeva: Human and Minority Rights in Afghanistan – Jagatmani Acharya: Bhutanese Refugees: The struggle in Exile – Anton Piyarathane: Human and minority rights in Sri Lanka – Som Prasad Niroula: Human and Minority Rights in Nepal – Borhan Uddin Khan/Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman: Human and Minority Rights in Bangladesh – Thomas Benedikter: Territorial Autonomy in India – Kaiyan Homi Kaikobad: Autonomy, Kashmir and International Law – Emma Lantschner: Set-Up and Challenges of National Human Rights Commissions in India and Nepal – Ugo Caruso: Comprehensive Security in South Asia: SAARC and the Applicability of OSCE Standards – Murtaza Hassan Shaikh: Immigration to the UK from Commonwealth Countries and The Issue of «New Minorities» Defined by Religion: Between their Group Rights and Integration.

About the Author

Rainer Hofmann is Professor of International and European Law at the University of Frankfurt am Main, Faculty of Law. He is also Vice-President of the Advisory Committee of the Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM) and Co-Rapporteur for the International Law Association (ILA) Committee on Reparation for Victims of Armed Conflict.
Ugo Caruso is Researcher and Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Frankfurt am Main, Faculty of Law. He is also consultant and researcher for the United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC) and previously worked for the Council of Europe. He is also a member of the International Law Association, Italian Branch.