This study of the rights of indigenous peoples 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. It defines who and what indigenous peoples actually are, and looks at their position in the light of the development of international law. The study the 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. It considers the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Racial Discrimination Convention, the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights, the UN Draft Declaration in Indigenous Peoples and the Proposed American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. There is discussion on how the development of human rights legislation and principles as a central tenet of international law has been of considerable benefit to indigenous peoples.
Author(s): Patrick Thornberry
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 288
Contents......Page 6
Table of cases......Page 8
List of abbreviations......Page 12
Introduction......Page 14
Part I Indigenous peoples in international law: basic notions......Page 24
1 We are still here......Page 25
2 Who is indigenous?: Concept, de.nition, process......Page 46
3 Ambiguous discourses: indigenous peoples and the development of international law......Page 74
4 The age of rights......Page 102
Part II Global instruments on human rights......Page 128
5 The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights I......Page 129
6 The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights II: Article 27 and other global standards on minority rights......Page 164
7 The Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights......Page 195
8 Racial discrimination and indigenous peoples – in particular under the Racial Discrimination Convention......Page 212
9 The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: in particular Article 30......Page 238
Part III Regional human rights protection and indigenous groups......Page 256
10 The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights; African perspectives on indigenous peoples......Page 257
11 The Inter-American system and indigenous peoples......Page 278
12 European instruments on human and minority rights......Page 303
Part IV ILO treaties on indigenous peoples......Page 332
13 ILO standards I......Page 333
14 ILO standards II: Convention 169......Page 352
Part V Emerging standards speci.c to indigenous peoples......Page 382
15 The UN draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples......Page 383
16 The Proposed American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples......Page 410
Part VI Indigenous peoples and human rights......Page 418
17 Indigenous peoples and the discourses of human rights: a re.ective narrative......Page 419
Annexes......Page 444
1 ILO Convention No. 107 on Indigenous and Tribal Populations......Page 445
2 ILO Convention No. 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples......Page 454
3 UN draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples......Page 466
4 CERD General Recommendation VIII: identi.cation with a particular racial or ethnic group......Page 476
5 CERD General Recommendation XXIII: indigenous peoples......Page 477
6 CERD General Recommendation XXIV: reporting of persons belonging to different races, etc.......Page 479
7 General Comment of the HRC on the rights of minorities......Page 481
Select bibliography......Page 485
Index......Page 494
