Indigenous Peoples and Diplomacy on the World Stage

Kristen Carpenter,Alexey Tsykarev

doi:10.1017/aju.2021.7

Abstract

Highlights

Indigenous Peoples are emerging as diplomats on the world stage
A watershed instrument in human rights, the Declaration recognizes Indigenous Peoples’ rights to self-determination and equality, along with land, culture, religion, and many other dimensions of their individual and collective existence. As their focus turns to the Declaration’s implementation, Indigenous Peoples are asserting various modes of engagement based on their values, timeframes, and visions for their own well-being and for the world more broadly
Taking account of these developments, this essay identifies several examples of Indigenous Peoples as diplomats based on their traditions of diplomacy.[6]

Summary

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND DIPLOMACY ON THE WORLD STAGE

Indigenous Peoples are emerging as diplomats on the world stage. With states relinquishing some “soft power” space to non-state actors, the role of Indigenous Peoples in international diplomacy[1] and human rights diplomacy is both distinctive and important.[2]. A watershed instrument in human rights, the Declaration recognizes Indigenous Peoples’ rights to self-determination and equality, along with land, culture, religion, and many other dimensions of their individual and collective existence. As their focus turns to the Declaration’s implementation, Indigenous Peoples are asserting various modes of engagement based on their values, timeframes, and visions for their own well-being and for the world more broadly. Taking account of these developments, this essay identifies several examples of Indigenous Peoples as diplomats based on their traditions of diplomacy.[6]

Frameworks and Developments

AJIL UNBOUND

Issues for Future Study