Reflections on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
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Reflections on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

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Reflections on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

About this book

The adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by the United Nations General Assembly on 13 September 2007 was acclaimed as a major success for the United Nations system given the extent to which it consolidates and develops the international corpus of indigenous rights. This is the first in-depth academic analysis of this far-reaching instrument. Indigenous representatives have argued that the rights contained in the Declaration, and the processes by which it was formulated, obligate affected States to accept the validity of its provisions and its interpretation of contested concepts (such as 'culture', 'land', 'ownership' and 'self-determination'). This edited collection contains essays written by the main protagonists in the development of the Declaration; indigenous representatives; and field-leading academics. It offers a comprehensive institutional, thematic and regional analysis of the Declaration. In particular, it explores the Declaration's normative resonance for international law and considers the ways in which this international instrument could catalyse institutional action and influence the development of national laws and policies on indigenous issues.

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Information

Publisher
Hart Publishing
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9781841138787
eBook ISBN
9781847316233
Edition
1
Topic
Law
Subtopic
International Law
Index
Law
From 
Advocacy 
to 
Implementation
59
do 
not 
recognise 
the 
principle 
of 
free, 
prior 
and 
informed 
consent. 
Thus, 
these 
policies 
require 
adjustments 
to 
ensure 
their 
compatibility 
with 
inter-
national 
standards.
The 
Declaration 
is 
a 
culmination 
of 
an 
extraordinary 
international 
effort 
on 
the 
part 
of 
indigenous 
peoples 
to 
gain 
international 
recognition, 
and, 
as 
both 
the 
proponents 
and 
the 
beneficiaries 
of 
these 
standards, 
they 
are 
the 
driving 
force 
behind 
their 
implementation. 
However, 
while 
the 
Declaration 
is 
a 
significant 
achievement, 
it 
comes 
at 
a 
time 
when 
indig-
enous 
peoples’ 
lands 
and 
resources 
are 
subject 
to 
threats 
as 
potentially 
destructive 
as 
the 
process 
of 
historical 
colonialism. 
The 
accelerating 
search 
for 
resources 
and 
the 
pressures 
on 
land 
and 
living 
spaces 
due 
to 
global 
warming 
puts 
indigenous 
peoples 
at 
the 
front 
line. 
While 
this 
rep-
resents 
an 
ever-present 
danger, 
it 
also 
offers 
an 
unprecedented 
opportu-
nity 
for 
indigenous 
peoples 
to 
link 
up 
with 
proponents 
of 
a 
more 
benign 
and 
equitable 
form 
of 
development.

Table of contents

  1. Prelims
  2. Contents
  3. Biographies
  4. Introduction
  5. Section A Institutional Perspectives
  6. 1 The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Background and Appraisal
  7. 2 The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: From Advocacy to Implementation
  8. 3 Integrating the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples into CERD Practice
  9. 4 The International Labour Organization and the Internationalisation of the Concept of Indigenous Peoples
  10. 5 Using the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Litigation
  11. Section B Thematic Perspectives
  12. 6 Making the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Work: The Challenge Ahead
  13. 7 The Three Ironies of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
  14. 8 Beyond the Indigenous/Minority Dichotomy?
  15. 9 Voting in the General Assembly as Evidence of Customary International Law?
  16. 10 The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Limits of the International Legal Project
  17. Section C Substantive Perspectives
  18. 11 The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: New Directions for Self-Determination and Participatory Rights?
  19. 12 A New Dawn over the Land: Shedding Light on Collective Ownership and Consent
  20. 13 The Controversial Issue of Natural Resources: Balancing States’ Sovereignty with Indigenous Peoples’ Rights
  21. 14 Indigenous Rights and the Right to Development: Emerging Synergies or Collusion?
  22. 15 Taking Cultural Rights Seriously: The Vision of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
  23. 16 The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Collective Rights: What’s the Future for Indigenous Women?
  24. 17 Community Rights to Culture: The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
  25. Section D Regional Perspectives
  26. 18 The Inter-American System and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Mutual Reinforcement
  27. 19 The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Africa: The Approach of the Regional Organisations to Indigenous Peoples
  28. 20 Reflections on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: An Arctic Perspective
  29. 21 The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Recent Developments regarding the Saami People of the North
  30. 22 Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Indigenous Peoples as the Pawns in the US ‘War on Terror’ and the Jihad of Osama Bin Laden
  31. The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
  32. Index