Indigenous Diplomacy and the Rights of Peoples: Achieving UN Recognition - Couverture souple

Henderson, James Sa'ke'j Youngblood

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1895830354 ISBN 13 : 9781895830354

Editeur : Purich Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

Despite centuries of sustained attacks against their collective existence, Indigenous peoples represent over 5,000 languages and cultures in more than 70 nations on six continents. Most have also retained social, cultural, economic, and political characteristics distinct from other segments of national populations, yet recognition of their humanity and rights has been a struggle to achieve. Based on personal experience, James (Sa'ke'j) Youngblood Henderson documents the generation-long struggle that led to the adoption of the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by the United Nations General Assembly. Henderson puts the Declaration and the struggles of Indigenous peoples in a wider context, outlining the rise of international law and how it was shaped by European ideas, the rise of the UN, and post-WWII agreements focusing on human rights.

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À propos de l'auteur

James (Sa'ke'j) Youngblood Henderson is a member of the Chickasaw Nation. He was legal advisor to the Grand Council of the Mi'kmaw Nation and the Four Directions Council at the UN Working Group on Indigenous Peoples, and was involved in the twenty-five-year negotiation leading to the Declaration. The author of numerous books, he is currently Research Director of the Native Law Centre, University of Saskatchewan. In 2005 the Aboriginal Bar Association named him an Indigenous Peoples' Counsel.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Purich Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1895830354
• ISBN 13: 9781895830354
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
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• Personne responsable: non disponible