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A Case Study of Indigenous Peoples: Genocide, Ethnocide and Self-determination

A Case Study of Indigenous Peoples: Genocide, Ethnocide and Self-determination 287 A Case Study of Indigenous Peoples: Genocide, Ethnocide and Self-determination C.C. Tennant and M.E. Turpel * PART 1: International Human rights norms and indigenous peoples I. Introduction Within the last twenty years there has been a growing interest in the special situation of indigenous peoples by the international human rights community, in large part because of the increased presence of indigenous peoples' organisations in global and regional human rights forums. Indigenous peoples' concerns have risen to promi- nence because of their efforts to draw international attention to the deplorable social, economic and cultural conditions with which almost all indigenous peoples struggle. In response to the conditions faced by indigenous peoples, efforts have been focus- sed upon the development of new human rights norms specific to them, particularly through the activities of the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Peoples (the "Working Group"). The Working Group has now nearly completed a Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (the "Draft Declaration"). I The de- claration will significantly expand the range of norms available to indigenous peoples, even if it is of only declaratory effect. Indigenous peoples have also begun to utilise conventional and customary inter- national human http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nordic Journal of International Law Brill

A Case Study of Indigenous Peoples: Genocide, Ethnocide and Self-determination

Nordic Journal of International Law , Volume 59 (4): 287 – Jan 1, 1990

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Brill
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© 1990 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0902-7351
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1571-8107
DOI
10.1163/157181090X00387
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287 A Case Study of Indigenous Peoples: Genocide, Ethnocide and Self-determination C.C. Tennant and M.E. Turpel * PART 1: International Human rights norms and indigenous peoples I. Introduction Within the last twenty years there has been a growing interest in the special situation of indigenous peoples by the international human rights community, in large part because of the increased presence of indigenous peoples' organisations in global and regional human rights forums. Indigenous peoples' concerns have risen to promi- nence because of their efforts to draw international attention to the deplorable social, economic and cultural conditions with which almost all indigenous peoples struggle. In response to the conditions faced by indigenous peoples, efforts have been focus- sed upon the development of new human rights norms specific to them, particularly through the activities of the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Peoples (the "Working Group"). The Working Group has now nearly completed a Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (the "Draft Declaration"). I The de- claration will significantly expand the range of norms available to indigenous peoples, even if it is of only declaratory effect. Indigenous peoples have also begun to utilise conventional and customary inter- national human

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Published: Jan 1, 1990

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