Research Catalog

Title

Transforming law and institution : indigenous peoples, the United Nations and human rights / by Rhiannon Morgan.

Author

Morgan, Rhiannon

Publication

Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2011.

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Details

Description

x, 201 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"In the past thirty or so years, discussions of the status and rights of indigenous peoples have come to the forefront of the United Nations human rights agenda. During this period, indigenous peoples have emerged as legitimate subjects of international law with rights to exist as distinct peoples. At the same time, we have witnessed the establishment of a number of UN fora and mechanisms on indigenous issues, including the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, all pointing to the importance that the UN has come to place on the promotion and protection of indigenous peoples' rights. Morgan describes, analyses, and evaluates the efforts of the global indigenous movement to engender changes in UN discourse and international law on indigenous peoples' rights and to bring about certain institutional developments reflective of a heightened international concern. By the same token, focusing on the interaction of the global indigenous movement with the UN system, this book examines the reverse influence, that is, the ways in which interacting with the UN system has influenced the claims, tactical repertoires, and organizational structures of the movement"--Provided by publisher.

Series Statement

Non-state actors in international law, politics and governance series

Subject

• United Nations
• Conference on Disarmament
• Indigenous peoples > Civil rights
• Indigenous peoples > Legal status, laws, etc
• Indigenous peoples (International law)
• Human rights
• Human Rights

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- United Nations engagement with indigenous issues -- Theoretical framing -- The development of a global movement -- Substantive and institutional claims -- Reconfiguring human rights -- Impact of the movement.

ISBN

• 9780754674450 (hbk. : alk. paper)
• 9781409436126 (ebook)

LCCN

^^2011032858

OCLC

• 745979964
• SCSB-10441754

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library