Indigenous Rights in the Modern Era

Regaining What Has Been Lost
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-90-04-54565-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 18, 454 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 900 g

Reihe: Studies in Territorial and Cultural Diversity Governance

International law is rich in promise but poor in detail and practical application about the rights of indigenous people. This book focuses on practical measures that have been implemented in states to give effect to free, prior and informed consent (FPIC); self-determination by indigenous people; special electoral measures to benefit indigenous people; and the role of advisory bodies to advocate for indigenous interests.

In many comparative works there are often only scant or brief reference to some country-experiences, but in this book several case studies are explored in depth to promote a greater understanding of the self-determination arrangements that have been implemented. These case studies represent a form of glocalisation, whereby global principles are applied to find local solutions, and local solutions in turn inform greater clarity and specificity to global principles. At the end of each chapter key lessons that can be drawn from the respective case studies are identified in the hope that those may inform developments in other countries and in international law.

Autoren/Hrsg.

De Villiers, Bertus

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte

Über Autor(innen)

Bertus de Villiers (LL.D 1989) is a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the School of Law of the University of Johannesburg. He has published extensively in the fields of indigenous and minority rights. He has given advice in several countries about the design of institutions to accommodate legal plurality, minority rights, and indigenous rights. As a legal practitioner he has represented Aboriginal communities in Australia.