Indigenous rights and United Nations standards : self-determination, culture and land /
Alexandra Xanthaki.
- xxxix, 314 pages ; 24 cm.
- Cambridge studies in international and comparative law .
- Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996). .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-305) and index.
Recognition of cultural membership and implications -- United Nations instruments on indigenous peoples -- The ILO conventions -- Emerging law : the United Nations draft declaration on indigenous peoples -- Thematic analysis -- Do indigenous peoples have the right to self-determination? -- Indigenous cultural rights -- Indigenous land rights. 1. Pt. I. 2. 3. Pt. II. 4. 5. 6.
"The debate on indigenous rights has revealed some serious difficulties for current international law, posed mainly by different understandings of important concepts. This book explores the extent to which indigenous claims, as recorded in the United Nations fora, can be accommodated by current international law. By doing so, it also highlights how the indigenous debate has stretched the contours of, and ultimately evolved, international human rights standards."--BOOK JACKET.
0521835747 9780521835749
Indigenous peoples--Civil rights Indigenous peoples--International cooperation Indigenous peoples--Legal status, laws, etc.