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Feb 1, 2011 · The novel international legal regime of the rights and status of indigenous peoples has emerged in direct response to the concerted efforts and demands of indigenous communities regarding the survival and the flourishing of their distinct cultures.
- Siegfried Wiessner
- 2011
Aug 9, 2016 · The 113 countries evaluated in LandMark’s database show that the legal security of Indigenous Peoples’ lands and natural resources varies widely. Fortunately, several recent initiatives call attention to inequalities in the treatment of indigenous and community land rights in national law.
- Katie Reytar, Peter Veit, Nicholas Tagliarino
- 2016
This article investigates the relationship between legal personality for nature and Indigenous philosophies by comparing two cases: the Ecuadorian Constitution of 2008 and the 2014 Te Urewera Act of Aotearoa, New Zealand.
- Mihnea Tănăsescu
- 2020
These constitutions recognize land rights, customary law, language rights, and some autonomy (limited territorial control and Indigenous systems of justice).
Dec 9, 2021 · NARF also helps develop laws that provide unique protections for Native collective rights, traditions, culture, and property such as sacred places, peyote, eagle feathers, burial remains, and...
May 5, 2015 · International law guarantees rights to indigenous peoples regarding traditional lands, knowledge, cultural preservation, and human security. This paper will examine the sources of these rights and legal remedies for violations of law.
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Using the controversy over development of Native American sacred sites as an example, this Note. examines the apparently divergent contemporary trends exhibited by inter- national and American law and assesses the likely contribution of each sys- tem to the protection of indigenous cultures.