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International law and indigenous peoples / edited by Joshua Castellino and Niamh Walsh.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Raoul Wallenberg Institute human rights library ; v. 20.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : M. Nijhoff, 2005Description: xviii, 399 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 900414336X
  • 9789004143364
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 341.4852 22
LOC classification:
  • K3247 .I58 2005
Contents:
Indigenous peoples' rights under the international covenant on civil and political rights / Martin Scheinin -- The convention on the elimination of racial discrimination, indigenous peoples and caste/descent-based discrimination / Patrick Thornberry -- Indigenous peoples in international law and organizations / Lee Swepston -- Permanent forum on indigenous issues : 'welcome to the family of the UN' / Les Malezer -- The 'right' to land, international law & indigenous peoples / Joshua Castellino -- Cultural genocide and the protection of the right of existence of aboriginal and indigenous groups / William A. Schabas -- '... another box of tjuringas under the bed' : the appropriation of aboriginal cultural property to benefit non-indigenous interests / Mark Harris -- Indigenous sustainability : rights, obligations, and a collective commitment to country / Steven Kinnane -- Aboriginal self-government in Canada : reconciling rights to political participation and indigenous cultural integrity / Alexis P. Kontos -- Multicultural legislation and indigenous-autonomy in Oaxaca, Mexico / Alejandro Anaya-Munoz -- The case of the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua : the Awas Tingni case, or realizing that a good legal system of protection of land rights is no guarantee of effective implementation / Christina Binder -- The blur of a distinction : Adivasis experience with land rights, self-rule and autonomy / Jeremine Gilbert -- The Chittagong hill tracts peace accord and the long road to peace : a case study / Faustina Pereira -- Self-determination v. state sovereignty : a critique of the African commission's decision in the Ogoni case / Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua -- Self-determination and minority rights in South Africa / Vinodh Jaichand -- Indigenous battling for land rights : the case of the Ogiek of Kenya / Albert K. Barume -- Conclusion / Joshua Castellino and Niamh Walsh.
Review: "This volume, a collection of essays by a variety of scholars in the field of indigenous rights, originates from the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the National University of Ireland in Galway. It highlights those instances in the work of international organizations where advances have been made concerning indigenous rights. It also devotes attention to the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, and to a number of thematic issues in the field."--BOOK JACKET.
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Indigenous peoples' rights under the international covenant on civil and political rights / Martin Scheinin -- The convention on the elimination of racial discrimination, indigenous peoples and caste/descent-based discrimination / Patrick Thornberry -- Indigenous peoples in international law and organizations / Lee Swepston -- Permanent forum on indigenous issues : 'welcome to the family of the UN' / Les Malezer -- The 'right' to land, international law & indigenous peoples / Joshua Castellino -- Cultural genocide and the protection of the right of existence of aboriginal and indigenous groups / William A. Schabas -- '... another box of tjuringas under the bed' : the appropriation of aboriginal cultural property to benefit non-indigenous interests / Mark Harris -- Indigenous sustainability : rights, obligations, and a collective commitment to country / Steven Kinnane -- Aboriginal self-government in Canada : reconciling rights to political participation and indigenous cultural integrity / Alexis P. Kontos -- Multicultural legislation and indigenous-autonomy in Oaxaca, Mexico / Alejandro Anaya-Munoz -- The case of the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua : the Awas Tingni case, or realizing that a good legal system of protection of land rights is no guarantee of effective implementation / Christina Binder -- The blur of a distinction : Adivasis experience with land rights, self-rule and autonomy / Jeremine Gilbert -- The Chittagong hill tracts peace accord and the long road to peace : a case study / Faustina Pereira -- Self-determination v. state sovereignty : a critique of the African commission's decision in the Ogoni case / Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua -- Self-determination and minority rights in South Africa / Vinodh Jaichand -- Indigenous battling for land rights : the case of the Ogiek of Kenya / Albert K. Barume -- Conclusion / Joshua Castellino and Niamh Walsh.

"This volume, a collection of essays by a variety of scholars in the field of indigenous rights, originates from the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the National University of Ireland in Galway. It highlights those instances in the work of international organizations where advances have been made concerning indigenous rights. It also devotes attention to the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, and to a number of thematic issues in the field."--BOOK JACKET.

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