| Making the Declaration Work: The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Contributor(s): Charters, Claire (Editor), Stavenhagen, Rodolfo (Editor) |
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ISBN: 8791563615 ISBN-13: 9788791563614 Publisher: International Work Group for Indigenous Affai OUR PRICE: $49.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Constitutional - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
| Dewey: 342 |
| LCCN: 2010411121 |
| Series: International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (Iwgia) |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.7" W x 9.4" (1.60 lbs) 450 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The authors of this collective book, of interest to the specialist as well as the general public, were for many years intimately involved in the Declaration process. It tells the story of the Declaration from the inside, detailing its history, negotiations, content, and broader significance. Contributions come from the world over ranging from indigenous activists, to members of the Human Rights Council and its various working groups and mechanisms, as well as UN and governmental officials who engineered the process from beginning to end. |
Contributor Bio(s): Stavenhagen, Rodolfo: - Dr. Rodolfo Stavenhagen has been the UN Special Reporter on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people from 2001 until 2008, and is Emeritus Professor of sociology at El Colegio de MExico. Charters, Claire: -Claire Charters is a senior lecturer in law at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand and teaches and publishes in international and constitutional law on the rights of indigenous peoples. |