This insightful volume addresses human rights from the perspective of those groups whose rights are especially vulnerable to abuse, with particular reference to stateless or internally-displaced persons, linguistic, cultural and sexual minorities and disabled people. Professor Weissbrodt and Professor Rumsey have brought together a comprehensive selection which elucidates the problems common to all vulnerable groups and provides a deeper understanding of their situation. In their original introduction the editors discuss the question of protecting group rights in international law and provide an authoritative overview of the issues raised. The volume will be an invaluable reference source for scholars and practitioners interested in human rights law and will also appeal to scholars in the fields of philosophy, human rights theory and disability studies.

How the international system copes with involuntary migration : norms, institutions and state practice /Tom J. Farer -- International gatekeepers? : the tension between asylum advocacy and human rights / Jacqueline Bhabha -- The human and labor rights of migrants : visions of equality / Ryszard Cholewinski -- The human rights of stateless people / David Weissbrodt and Clay Collins -- The guiding principles on international displacement : introduction / Walter Kälin -- Human rights and protection of non-citizens : whither universality and indivisiability of rights? / David Weissbrodt and Stephen Meili -- Conceptual problems in the protection of minorities : international legal developments / Nigel S. Rodley -- The U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples : a historic change in international law / Robert T. Coulter -- Indigenous peoples and the United Nations : human rights as a developing dynamic / Elsa Stamatopoulou -- Out at the UN / Douglas Sanders -- Global recognition of human rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people / Suzanne M. Marks -- Minority language rights in international law / Robert Dunbar -- The HIV/AIDS pandemic and human rights : a continuum approach / Ellen M. Walker -- The international human rights status of elderly people / Diego Rodríguez-Pinzón and Claudia Martin -- The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child : a review of its successes and future directions / Rita Schackel -- The human rights of persons with mental disabilities : a global perspective on the application of human rights principles to mental health / Lawrence O. Gostin and Lance Gable -- Disability human rights / Michael Ashley Stein.