Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.
In this vital Advanced Introduction, Dinah Shelton and Federico Guzman Duque examine the human rights of indigenous peoples and communities under current international law. Setting out a historical overview of the legal treatment of native populations from the colonial period to the present, the authors deftly analyse frameworks of institutions monitoring indigenous human rights, theoretical issues relating to these, access to justice and reparations, and special considerations afforded to specific indigenous communities.
Key Features:
Providing a panoramic view of a complex and rapidly evolving subject, this Advanced Introduction will prove a crucial read for legal practitioners and public officials, as well as indigenous leaders and human rights defenders. It will also appeal to students, scholars and researchers of human rights law, and law and society.
| ISBN: | 9781035328666 |
| Publication date: | 12th April 2024 |
| Author: | Dinah Shelton, Federico Guzmán Duque |
| Publisher: | Edward Elgar Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 190 pages |
| Series: | Elgar Advanced Introductions |
| Genres: |
Law: Human rights and civil liberties Human rights, civil rights Indigenous people: governance and politics |
Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.
In this vital Advanced Introduction, Dinah Shelton and Federico Guzman Duque examine the human rights of indigenous peoples and communities under current international law. Setting out a historical overview of the legal treatment of native populations from the colonial period to the present, the authors deftly analyse frameworks of institutions monitoring indigenous human rights, theoretical issues relating to these, access to justice and reparations, and special considerations afforded to specific indigenous communities.
Key Features:
Providing a panoramic view of a complex and rapidly evolving subject, this Advanced Introduction will prove a crucial read for legal practitioners and public officials, as well as indigenous leaders and human rights defenders. It will also appeal to students, scholars and researchers of human rights law, and law and society.
Advanced Introduction to Indigenous Human Rights features in the following genres: Law: Human rights and civil liberties, Human rights, civil rights
Advanced Introduction to Indigenous Human Rights is available in Hardback, Paperback
Advanced Introduction to Indigenous Human Rights was written by Dinah Shelton, Federico Guzmán Duque and published by Edward Elgar Publishing
Advanced Introduction to Indigenous Human Rights has 190 pages
Yes it is part of Elgar Advanced Introductions series