Stephanie Farrior is Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Applied Human Rights at Vermont Law School, USA.

• Contents: Introduction. Part I Concepts of Equality and Non-Discrimination: Equality, Jarlath Clifford; Equality and nondiscrimination, B.G. Ramcharan; Equality and non-discrimination, Daniel Moeckli; The principle of equality or non-discrimination in international law, Anne F. Bayefsky; Non-discrimination and equality, Matthew Craven. Part II Development of International Legal Standards: Colonies, minorities, and women's rights, Johannes Morsink; The racial convention, Michael Banton; Becoming human: the origins and development of women's human rights, Arvonne S, Fraser; The disabilities convention: human rights of persons with disabilities or disability rights?, Frédéric Mégret; Sexual orientation, gender identity and international human rights law: contextualising the Yogyakarta principles, Michael O’Flaherty and John Fisher. Part III Interpreting and Applying the Law: Prohibited discrimination in international human rights law, Dinah Shelton; The CEDAW committee and violence against women, Christine Chinkin; Violence against women as sex discrimination: judging the jurisprudence of the United Nations Human Rights Treaty bodies, Alice Edwards; A critical evaluation of international human rights approaches to racism, Kevin Boyle and Anneliese Baldaccini; The European Court of Justice and anti-discrimination law: some reflections on the experience of gender equality jurisprudence for the future interpretation of the Racial Equality Directive, Sejal Parmar. Part IV Non-Legal Measures for Achieving Equality and Non-Discrimination: Article 10, Fareda Banda; The neglected pillar: the ’teaching tolerance’ provision of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Stephanie Farrior; Using culture to achieve equality, Ingrid Westendorp. Name index.