Handbook of Indigenous Peoples' Rights

Description:

Indigenous peoples around the world continue to fight daily battles to secure the most basic of their rights, including non-discrimination, eradication of poverty, respect for their land rights and protection for their cultural life. This first major handbook on the rights of indigenous peoples highlights the role of different actors in shaping such rights and the many challenges of implementation.

subjects: Indigenous peoples,  Human rights,  Civil rights,  United Nations. General Assembly,  Legal status, laws,  United Nations,  Autochtones,  Droits,  Droits de l'homme (Droit international),  Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (United Nations. General Assembly),  Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,  Government policy,  Self determination,  Law,  Constitutional law,  Bill of rights,  International law,  UN conventions,  Politics and Government,  Political action,  Activism,  Civil rights and citizenship,  Land rights,  Women,  Constitutional recognition,  Referenda,  Treaty movement,  Race relations,  Reconciliation,  Racial discrimination,  Gender relations,  Marriage,  Social identity,  Law and legislation,  Child welfare,  Child,  Parent separation,  Stolen generations,  Community development,  Environment,  Conservation,  Ecologically sustainable development,  Culture,  Relationship to land,  Employment,  Discrimination,  Anti discrimination measures,  United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (New York, 13 September 2007),  Civil and political rights