Includes bibliographical references.

Asbjorn Eide : a tribute / Torkel Opsahl and Jan Helgesen -- A runaway train or a re-orient express? : a response to US criticism of the UN Sub-Commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and the Protection of Minorities / Theo van Boven -- Security Council patterns for dealing with ethnic conflicts and minority problems / B.G. Ramcharan -- Subsidiarity, democracy, and human rights / Dinah Shelton -- Minority rights and a new world order / Gudmundur Alfredsson -- The right to an effective remedy in domestic law : Article 13 of the European Convention on Human Rights / Gro Hillestad Thune -- Children as holders of rights and obligations / Malfrid Grude Flekkoy -- Interpreting a child's right to privacy in the UN context : the influence of regional standards / Philip Alston -- Emergency regimes : a comparison / Allan Rosas -- Deportation of civilians as a war crime under customary law / Theodor Meron -- Population transfers / Claire Palley -- The absolute nation state : post-communist constitutions / Vojin Dimitrijevic -- Frontiers to equal rights : new Europe, old divisions / Katarina Tomasevski -- Democracy and peace : good news for human rights advocates / Nils Petter Gleditsch.