| Description |
xii, 484 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Melland Schill studies in international law |
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Melland Schill studies in international law.
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| Contents |
Part I: Indigenous Peoples in International Law: Basic Notions. 1. We are still here -- 2. Who is indigenous? Concept, definition, process -- 3. Ambiguous discourses: indigenous peoples and the deveopment of international law -- 4. The age of rights. Part II: Global Instruments on Human Rights. 5. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights I -- 6. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights II: Article 27 and other global standards on minority rights -- 7. The Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights -- 8. Racial discrimination and indigenous peoples - in particular under the Racial Discrimination Convention -- 9. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: in particular Article 30. Part III: Regional Human Rights Protection and Indigenous Groups. 10. The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights; African perspectives on indigenous peoples -- 11. The Inter-American system and indigenous peoples -- 12. European instruments on human and minority rights. Part IV: ILO Treaties on Indigenous Peoples. 13. ILO standards I -- 14. ILO standards II: Convention 169. Part V: Emerging Standards Specific to Indigenous Peoples. 15. The UN draft declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples -- 16. The proposed American declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples. Part VI: Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights. 17. Indigenous peoples and the discourses of human rights: a reflective narrative |
| Summary |
This book looks at the historical, cultural, and legal background to the position of indigenous peoples in a range of different cultures, including America, Africa and Australia. The book defines who and what indigenous peoples actually are, and looks at their position in the light of the development of international law. It then looks at their legal position, and their economic, social and cultural rights in respect of various laws and conventions passed on a national and international scale throughout the world |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Cultural policy.
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Human rights.
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Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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| ISBN |
071903793X |
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0719037948 (paperback) |
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1929446195 (USA) |
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1929446225 (USA, PBK.) |
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