La libre determinación y la autonomía de los pueblos indígenas: El caso de México

Abstract

Numero 124 Enero - Abril 2009 ISSN 0041 8633 LA LIBRE DETERMINACION Y LA AUTONOMIA DE LOS PUEBLOS INDIGENAS. EL CASO DE MEXICO * THE SELF-DETERMINATION AND AUTONOMY OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES: THE CASE OF MEXICO Marco APARICIO WILHELMI ** The text begins with an approach to the right to self-determination as the Indigenous Peoples have understanding it. In general terms, the indigenous peoples have focused their claim in terms of autonomy towards the States. The text also tries to analyse the reasons of the state resistances to the recognition of the right to self-determination of the Indigenous Peoples (internal Law and international Law). After that, a concrete case is analyzed: the Mexican case. First, the point is focused on the limitations that the constitutional reform (2001) imposes to the right of indigenous autonomy. Afterwards, the text tries to explain the debate on autonomy scale (comunitarists vs . regionalists). Finally, the text analyse the autonomic practice in the zapatists communities, as practice of collective civil disobedience. Descriptors: indigenous rights, indigenous peoples, self-determination, autonomy . * Articulo recibido el 1o. de abril de 2008 y aceptado para su publicacion el 29 de mayo de 2008. ** Profesor de Derecho constitucional en la Universidad de Girona. * Nota: Debido que la traduccion es automatica podra ser inexacta o contener errores.