Seeking justice in international law : the significance and implications of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
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Seeking justice in international law : the significance and implications of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
(Routledge research in international law)
Routledge, 2016
- : hbk
Available at 4 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
"Based on author's thesis (Doctoral - Cardiff University, 2011), issued under title: Promoting justice in international law? : an assessment of the accommodation of indigenous peoples' rights"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-174) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Today human rights represent a primary concern of the international legal system. The international community's commitment to the protection and promotion of human rights, however, does not always produce the results hoped for by the advocates of a more justice-oriented system of international law. Indeed international law is often criticised for, inter alia, its enduring imperial character, incapacity to minimize inequalities and failure to take human suffering seriously. Against this background, the central question that this book aims to answer is whether the adoption of the 2007 United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples points to the existence of an international law that promises to provide valid responses to the demands for justice of disempowered and vulnerable groups. At one level, the book assesses whether international law has responded fairly and adequately to the human rights claims of indigenous peoples. At another level, it explores the relationship between this response and some distinctive features of the indigenous peoples' struggle for justice, reflecting on the extent to which the latter have influenced and shaped the former.
The book draws important conclusions as to the reasons behind international law's positive recognition of indigenous peoples' rights, shedding some light on the potential and limits of international law as an instrument of justice.
The book will be of great interest to students and scholars of public international law, human rights and social movements.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction Part 1 Chapter 2. The Legal Content of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Chapter 3. The Legal Status of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Part 2 Chapter 4. The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Human Rights Struggles of Other Groups in International Law Part 3 Chapter 5. The Political Power of the Global Indigenous Movement Chapter 6. Two Distinguishing Features of the Human Rights Claims of Indigenous Peoples Chapter 7. Conclusions
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