Political Participation of Minorities
A Commentary on International Standards and Practice
Edited by Marc Weller and Katherine Nobbs
Author Information
Marc Weller is Reader in International Law and International Relations at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Hughes Hall and the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law. From 2000-2009 he served as Director of the European Centre for Minority Issues. His principal publications include Contested Statehood (Oxford University Press, 2009), Escaping the Self-determination Trap (Nijhoff, 2008), Settling Self-determination Disputes (Nijhoff, 2008) and Universal Minority Rights (Oxford University Press, 2007). In addition to his scholarly work, Dr Weller has served as a legal advisor to governments and international organizations, and in international peace processes. Katherine Nobbs is Project Officer at the European Centre for Minority Issues in Pristina, Kosovo, and Co-Managing Editor of the European Yearbook of Minority Issues.
Contributors:
Ilona Klímová-Alexander, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Florian Bieber, University of Kent
Karen Bird, McMaster University
Bill Bowring, Birkbeck College
Lars-Erik Cederman, EHT Zurich
Alain Chablais, Administrative Federal Court of Switzerland
Krzysztof Drzewicki, Office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
Yash Ghai, formerly University of Hong Kong
Kristin Henrard, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Emma Lantschner, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz
Zdenka Machnyikova, formerly OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
Josef Marko, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz
John McGarry, Queen's University, Canada
Andraz A. Melansek, formerly University of Cambridge
Brian Min, University of California
Ephraim Nimni, Queen's University Belfast
Brendan O'Leary, University of Pennsylvania
Francesco Palermo, Office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
Oleh Protsyk, European Centre for Minority Issues
Luis Rodríguez-Piñero, University of Seville
Eva Sobotka,
Fernand de Varennes, former Director of the Asia-Pacific Centre for Human Rights and the Prevention of Ethnic Conflict
Peter Vermeersch, University of Leuven
Annelies Verstichel, Belgian Government
Steven Wheatley, University of Leeds
Andreas Wimmer, University of California
