Human rights and the environment are inherently linked. This connection is even stronger in cases of indigenous peoples rights, the close ties they have with the land is the fundamental basis of their cultural, spiritual, and material life. Although inherent, this link between human rights and...

Human Rights is one of the most pronounced terms in international and regional arena in recent decades. Rights of the indigenous people or aboriginals (adibasis) occupy a mentionable part of human rights contexts, which is a great concern in present Bangladesh. Historically the Adibasis have...

Standards of human rights are embedded within the statist system of public international law and predicated upon the protection of individuals from the very states that undertake responsibilities towards them. The limitations of this ‘vertical’ model are highlighted by the impact 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...

In July 2010, the High Court of Botswana ruled against the San, often called pejoratively “Bushmen” or Basarwa, denying their right to access water on their ancestral lands inside the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR). During the June 9, 2010 hearing, the San requested that either 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...