International: The UN Declaration On The Rights Of Indigenous Peoples And The Paradigm Of Domination

International: The UN Declaration On The Rights Of Indigenous Peoples And The Paradigm Of Domination   Steven T. Newcomb, 2011   This article argues that the term 'Indigenous peoples' is correctly interpreted as 'dominated peoples'. It is contended that the need for the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - adopted by the UN General Assembly on 13 September 2007 - was a direct consequence of (1) a tradition of states defining Indigenous peoples as 'less-thanhuman' and...

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