Self-Determination As Voice - The Participation of Indigenous Peoples in International Governance

"Many states and international organizations have put in place institutional mechanisms to include Indigenous representatives in international policy-making, law-making and decision-making processes. This book maps these developments, and explains how they are grounded in the international law of self-determination and customary international law"--

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Participation in international governance and the logic of self-determination; 2. Finding support for indigenous peoples' participation in the sources of international Law; 3. The proliferation of indigenous peoples' participation, 1982-2007; 4. Emerging legal status? Participation of indigenous peoples, 2007-2022; 5. Conclusion: new epoch, old stones; Bibliography; International documents; Index.

About the author

Natalie Jones is a policy advisor at the International Institute for Sustainable Development. After graduating from the University of Canterbury, Natalie completed an LLM and PhD at the University of Cambridge, where she won the Whewell Scholarship for International Law. She is an admitted barrister and solicitor in New Zealand.

Summary

Many states and international organizations have put in place institutional mechanisms to include Indigenous representatives in international policy-making, law-making and decision-making processes. This book maps these developments, and explains how they are grounded in the international law of self-determination and customary international law.

Product details

• Authors: Natalie Jones, Natalie (University of Cambridge) Jones
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.01.2024
• EAN: 9781009406314
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0940631-4
• No. of pages: 362
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, LAW / International, LAW / Public, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, International Relations, Indigenous Peoples, Relating to indigenous peoples, Public International Law, Regional government, Indigenous people: governance and politics, LAW / Indigenous Law & Legal Systems