Indigenous rights and United Nations standards : self-determination, culture and land / Alexandra Xanthaki. - 1. publ. - Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2007. - XXXVIII, 314 S. - (Cambridge studies in international and comparative law) ISBN 978-0-521-83574-9

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Abstract:
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 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.

ALEXANDRA XANTHAKI is a lecturer in International Human Rights at Brunel University. After graduating from Athens Law Faculty, Alexandra completed an LLM in Human Rights at Queens University, Belfast, and later a PhD at Keele University under the supervision of P. Thornberry. She has published on human rights, group rights and indigenous rights and has repeatedly acted as a consultant to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Issues. She has participated in several projects funded by the European Commission, DfID and international NGOs in the UK, Greece and Ukraine. She is a member of the Athens Bar.

Table of Contents:
http://assets.cambridge.org/97805218/35749/toc/9780521835749_toc.pdf

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