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Collective Rights and the Cultural Identity of the Roma: A Case Study of Italy (Studies in International Minority and Group Rights): 3
Author(s): Claudia Tavani (Author)
- Publisher: Brill Nijhoff
- Publication Date: 1 Oct. 2013
- Language: English
- Print length: 396 pages
- ISBN-10: 9004202617
- ISBN-13: 9789004202610
Book Description
Is the use of mechanisms that only focus on the protection of individual human rights sufficient to protect the cultural identity of minorities? Much more can be achieved by adopting a system that applies the principles of equality and non-discrimination, and encompasses the recognition of a collective right to cultural identity. Culture and cultural identity are indeed important for the identification of groups and ethnicity. But are the Roma an ethnic group? Are they a minority? In answering these questions, Italy is used as a case study to illustrate the limits of non-discrimination provisions and the need to recognise the collective right to cultural identity.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Die Untersuchung zeigt auf interessante Weise nicht nur die im Hinblick auf die Roma als Minderheit gegenwärtig bestehenden Probleme, sondern auch wie diesen rechtlich begegnet werden kann.”
Sabine Scharnagl, Newsletter Menschenrechte, 3/2013-Literatur, pp. 223-224, Österreichisches Institut für Menschenrechte.
Sabine Scharnagl, Newsletter Menschenrechte, 3/2013-Literatur, pp. 223-224, Österreichisches Institut für Menschenrechte.
About the Author
Claudia Tavani, Ph.D. (2010) in Law, University of Essex, cooperates with various non-governmental organisations and universities, including the University of Cagliari. Her research interests are cultural rights, cultural identity, protection of minorities, non-discrimination, collective rights and human rights in general.
