This set of essays constitutes a key contribution to the debate about the role of human rights law in combating race discrimination. The book is for students, researchers, and policymakers aiming to understand the race Directive adopted by the EU, and the role of international human rights law.

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.

1. Combatting Racism with Human Rights: The Right to Equality
2. Multiculturalism, Ethnicity, and Group Rights
3. Discrimination and Human Rights Law
4. A Critical Evaluation of International Human Rights Approaches to Racism
5. Thje European Union and Postnational Responses to Racial Identities
6. The Internet: A New Horizon for Race Hatred?
7. Enforcement and Remedial Structures: International Norms and National Institutions