Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights - Thornberry, Patrick (Manchester University Press, 2005)
Contents; Table of cases; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1 We are still here; 2 Who is indigenous?: Concept, de.nition, process; 3 Ambiguous discourses: indigenous peoples and the development of international law; 4 The age of rights; 5 The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights I; 6 The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights II: Article 27 and other global standards on minority rights; 7 The Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; 8 Racial discrimination and indigenous peoples -- in particular under the Racial Discrimination Convention
9 The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: in particular Article 3010 The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights; African perspectives on indigenous peoples; 11 The Inter-American system and indigenous peoples; 12 European instruments on human and minority rights; 13 ILO standards I; 14 ILO standards II: Convention 169; 15 The UN draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; 16 The Proposed American Declar
This study of the rights of indigenous peoples looks at the historical, cultural, and legal background to the position of indigenous peoples in different cultures, including America, Africa and Australia. It defines "indigenous peoples" and looks at their position in international law