Indigenous peoples and human rights / Patrick Thornberry. Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2002. ISBN 978-1-929446-22-3

Shelf mark EURAC-Library: PR 2215 T497 I3
 
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.
Most of the chapters are devoted to detailed examination of existing and emerging human rights texts at global and regional levels. Among instruments considered in the book are the International Covenants on Human Right, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the African Charter on Human and People Rights, ILO Conventions on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples, the UN Draft Declaration on Indigenous Peoples and the Proposed American Declaration on the Right of Indigenous Peoples, as well as European human rights instruments.
 

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