International Law and Indigenous Peoples

Abstract

Historical antecedents and their contemporary significance: Greg Marks, indigenous peoples in international law - the significance of Francisco de Vitoria and Bartolome de las Casas Douglas Sanders, the re-emergence of indigenous questions in international law. The argument for recognition of indigenous sovereignty on the basis of established modern principles: Darlene M. Johnston, the quest of the Six Nations Confederacy for self-determination John Howard Clinebell, Jim Thomson, sovereignty and self-determination - the rights of native Americans under international law. The dynamics and challenges of the contemporary international indigenous rights movement: Robert A. Williams, Jr, encounters on the frontiers of international human rights law - redefining the terms of indigenous peoples' survival in the world Benedict Kingsbury, 'indigenous peoples' in international law - a constructivist approach to the Asian controversy. The emergence and contours of a new indigenous rights regime: Siegfried Wiessner, the rights of indigenous peoples - a global and comparative international legal analysis Lee Swepston, a new step in the international law on indigenous and tribal peoples - ILO Convention Number 169 of 1989 Erica-Irene Daes, some considerations on the right of indigenous peoples to self-determination. Invoking the contemporary indigenous rights regime - two examples: Gillian Triggs, Australia's indigenous peoples and international law - validity of the Native Title Amendment Act 1998 S. James Anaya, the native Hawaiian people and international human rights law - toward a remedy for past and continuing wrongs.