The adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ('DRIP') by the UN General Assembly in September 2007 was a momentous occasion. Indigenous representatives and scholars have consistently claimed the DRIP on behalf of the international legal project (and participating States...

Indigenous peoples have maintained key features of their identity against many challenges over time. Under the banner-cry of cultural diversity, the modem community of states has recognized their rights to their culture, their self-determination, and their land. These novel communal rights are...

Indigenous diversities in international investment and trade / John Borrows -- Indigenous historic trade in the western hemisphere / Angelique EagleWoman (Wambdi A. Was'teWinyan) -- Indigenous peoples of Mexico at the crossroads : the human cost of continental trade / James Hopkins --...

This Article is based on a presentation to the Vermont Law Review Symposium, "Habitat for Human Rights: Environmental Degradation and Human Rights." It begins by highlighting three general scenarios where environmental and human rights laws intersect, and then examines the experience of...

The article reviews trends in international non-binding standards:1) the equalisation of indigenous peoples and local communities as rights-holders;2) the strength and weakness of the safeguards approach in the context of redd+;3) the wide definition of who constitutes stakeholders; and 4) the...

The emergence of indigenous peoples'' rights represents one of the most significant developments in the recent history of international human rights. The difficult and complex process that ultimately led to the recognition of these rights in international law has demonstrated that global and...