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This set of essays provides and important contribution to the debate about the role of human rights law in combating racism. The first essay examines the right to equality in the context of racism, drawing on a wide range of international and comparative sources to create a critical framework of analysis. The second essay locates the discussion within the context of multi-culturalism, ethnicity, and group rights, with specific reference to ethnicity within Europe. The next set of essays is concerned with international istruments to address racism, followed by a critical examination of the newly developed race discrimination directive at EU level. The particular problem of race hatred on the internet is examined in the seventh chapter, followed by an important discussion of enforcement and remedial structures.

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seven substantive essays written by leading lights in the European human rights movement The Commonwealth Lawyer : Journal of the Commonwealth Lawyers' Association, Vol. 11, No. 1, April 2002

seven substantive essays written by leading lights in the European human rights movement * The Commonwealth Lawyer : Journal of the Commonwealth Lawyers' Association, Vol. 11, No. 1, April 2002 *

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Sandra Fredman is Professor of Discrimination Law at Oxford University and a Fellow of Exeter College Philip Alston is Professor of International Law at the European University Institute in Florence

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