Alternatives: Global, Local, Political articles from January 2008

Alternatives: Global, Local, Political archives from January 2008

Introduction: international discourses of indigenous rights and responsibilities.
January 1, 2008... On September 13, 2007, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, with 143 votes in favor and 11 abstentions. The only four nations to oppose the final vote were the United States,...

Culture as an activity and human right: an important advance for indigenous peoples and international law.(Essay)
January 1, 2008... Traditionally, culture has been treated as an object in international documents. As a consequence, cultural rights in international human rights law have been conceived of as rights of access and consumption. This conception of cultural rights...

Indigeneity's challenges to the white settler-state: creating a thirdspace for dynamic citizenship.(Essay)
January 1, 2008... Newcomer governments claim to be forging historic new relationships with indigenous nations, relationships based on mutual respect, sharing, sovereignty, and our inherent rights. Economic development, modern treaties,...

Emerging indigenous governance: Ainu rights at the intersection of global norms and domestic institutions.(Essay)
January 1, 2008... As a consequence of the success of the global indigenous peoples' movement, international bodies have established a baseline of global norms concerning indigenous rights. Although few formal mechanisms exist for exercising these rights,...

Indigenous rights in international politics: the case of "overcompliant" liberal states.(Report)
January 1, 2008... For more than three decades, the indigenous-rights movement has been engaged in a struggle on the international level for recognition of indigenous peoples' rights. Almost universally, indigenous peoples have not demanded secession from states...

Toward sustainable self-determination: rethinking the contemporary indigenous-rights discourse.(Report)
January 1, 2008... It is still true that the first part of self-determination is the self. In our minds and in our souls, we need to reject the colonists' control and authority, their definition of who we are and what our rights are, their definition...