The emerging international architecture of indigenous rights: The interaction between global, regional, and national dimensions

International Journal on Minority and Group Rights

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 379-409

  van Genugten, Willem ^a,b   Perez Bustillo, Camilo ^c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RIGHTS; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; POVERTY;

EID: 24344490396     PISSN: 13854879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1571811042791193     Document Type: Review

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4. see generally Chapter 1, pp. 13-35.
5. Ibid., p. 21, emphasis added.
6. Ibid., p. 123.
7. Ibid., p. 142.
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14. I b i d.
15. UN Doc. E/CN.4/2000/84 p. 7.
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17. Ibid., p. 13.
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47. Ibid., para. 3.
48. Ibid., para. 4.
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52. Ibid., para. 17.
53. Ibid., para. 25.
54. Ibid., para. 28.
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86. Ibid., all of this with reference to IFP I.
87. I b i d.
88. Ibid., emphasis added.
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