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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 forums, can be accommodated by international law. By doing so, it also highlights how the indigenous debate has stretched the contours and ultimately evolved international human rights standards. The book first reflects on the international law responses to the theoretical arguments on cultural membership. After a comprehensive analysis of the existing instruments on indigenous rights, the discussion turns to self-determination. Different views are assessed and a fresh perspective on the right to self-determination is outlined. Ultimately, the author refuses to shy away from difficult questions and challenging issues and offers a comprehensive discussion of indigenous rights and their contribution to international law
Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Table of cases -- International courts -- League of Nations -- Permanent Court of Justice -- International Court of Justice -- United Nations Human Rights Committee -- Regional courts -- African Commission on Human Rights -- Inter-American Commission on Human Rights -- European Court on Human Rights -- National Courts -- Australia -- Canada -- Norway -- United States -- Table of statutes -- United Nations documents -- Conventions and Treaties -- UNESCO: -- Declarations -- Resolutions (other than the above) -- Recommendations and other non-binding documents -- International Labour Organisation documents -- Conventions/Declarations -- Recommendations -- Requests, Observations and Reports -- Other international instruments -- Regional documents -- Africa -- Americas -- Europe -- Indigenous Organisations' documentation -- National legislation/documentation -- Australia -- Cambodia -- Canada -- Guatemala -- Norway -- Pakistan -- Philippines -- Russian Federation -- South Africa -- United States -- Venezuela -- Vietnam -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Notes -- 1 Recognition of cultural membership and implications -- Introduction -- The importance of cultural membership -- Autonomy and the neutral state -- The need for multiplicity of cultural frameworks -- Interaction of cultures -- Preservation of cultures -- Especially on collective rights -- Concluding comments -- Notes -- PART I United Nations instruments on indigenous peoples -- 2 The ILO Conventions -- Convention No. 107 -- Convention No. 169 -- Notes -- 3 Emerging law: The United Nations draft Declaration on indigenous peoples -- Process and status of the draft Declaration -- The contents of the draft Declaration -- Concluding comments -- Notes -- PART II Thematic analysis -- 4 Do indigenous peoples have the right to self-determination? -- Introduction -- Are indigenous peoples beneficiaries of the right? -- The scope of the right to self-determination -- Re-evaluating the meaning of the right -- Concluding comments -- Notes -- 5 Indigenous cultural rights -- Introduction -- Overview of standards relevant to indigenous peoples -- Obstacles to the effective protection of indigenous cultural rights by international law -- Specific issues concerning cultural rights -- Concluding comments -- Notes -- 6 Indigenous land rights -- Introduction -- Legal basis for indigenous land claims -- Important issues related to indigenous land claims -- Concluding comments -- Notes -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Last Page