Minorities, Peoples and Self-Determination Essays in Honour of Patrick Thornberry

Nazila Ghanea is Senior Lecturer in International Law and Human Rights at the University of London, Institute of Commonwealth Studies. She has publications in the field of minority rights, freedom of religion or belief and the UN human rights machinery. She has acted as a United Nations consultant on minority rights in Iran. Her recent publications include Human Rights, the UN and the Bahá'ís in Iran (The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 2003).
Alexandra Xanthaki is Lecturer in International Law at Brunel University. She has published on indigenous rights, group rights and minority rights and has acted as a United Nations consultant on indigenous rights. She is currently completing a monograph on the rights of indigenous peoples in international law.