Self-Determination as Voice

The Participation of Indigenous Peoples in International Governance

Natalie Jones

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2024
• Topic: Law
• eBook ISBN:
  9781009406345
• Subtopic: International Law
• Index: Law

Self-Determination as Voice addresses the relationship between Indigenous peoples' participation in international governance and the law of self-determination. Many states and international organizations have put in place institutional mechanisms for the express purpose of including Indigenous representatives in international policy-making and decision-making processes, as well as in the negotiation and drafting of international legal instruments. Indigenous peoples' rights have a higher profile in the UN system than ever before. This book argues that the establishment and use of mechanisms and policies to enable a certain level of Indigenous peoples' participation in international governance has become a widespread practice, and perhaps even one that is accepted as law. In theory, the law of self-determination supports this move, and it is arguably emerging as a rule of customary international law. However, ultimately the achievement of the ideal of full and effective participation, in a manner that would fulfil Indigenous peoples' right to self-determination, remains deferred.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title
• Title page
• Imprints page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Table of Cases
• Table of Treaties
• List of Abbreviations
• Introduction
• 1 Participation in International Governance and the Logic of Self-Determination
• 2 Finding Support for Indigenous Peoples' Participation in the Sources of International Law
• 3 The Proliferation of Indigenous Peoples' Participation, 1982-2007
• 4 Emerging Legal Status? Participation of Indigenous Peoples, 2007-2022
• 5 Conclusion: New Epoch, Old Stones
• Bibliography
• Index