Peoples' Rights
Edited by Philip Alston
Oxford University Press , 2001
The right to self-determination has been a driving force in international law and politics through much of the post World War II period. In the 1970s it was joined by a number of other human rights attributed to peoples rather than to individuals, including rights to development, peace, a clean environment, and humanitarian assistance.
These so-called "third generation solidarity rights" have attracted considerable attention, especially from developing country governments, activists and scholars. In this volume, a group of leading experts examines the current status of the various rights and reflects upon their likely significance in the twenty-first century.
Table of Contents
Philip Alston, Introduction
James Crawford, The Right of Self-Determination in International Law: Its Development and Future
Benedict Kingsbury, Reconciling Five Competing Conceptual Structures of Indigenous Peoples' Claims in International and Comparative Law
Peter Leuprecht, Minority Rights Revisited: New Glimpses of an Old Issue
Anne Orford, Globalization and the Right to Development
Dinah Shelton, Environmental Rights
Philip Alston, Peoples' Rights - Their Rise and Fall