Realizing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Triumph, Hope, And Action

Hartley, Jackie (Editor); Joffe, Paul (Editor); Preston, Jennifer (Editor)

ISBN 10: 1895830389 / ISBN 13: 9781895830385

Published by Purich Publishing, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Realizing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Triumph, Hope, And Action
• Publisher: Purich Publishing, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1895830389
• ISBN 13: 9781895830385
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Non-Fiction

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Synopsis

The contributors explain the provisions of the Declaration, and how it provides a framework for ensuring justice, dignity, and security for the world's Indigenous peoples, the development and adoption of the Declaration, and ways and means of implementing the Declaration within Canada and internationally. This book provides accessible information and guidance on the Declaration and how it might be used to advance human rights.

About the Author

Jackie Hartley is a policy and research officer with the Australian Human Rights Commission (the views expressed in the jointly authored Introduction and Conclusion are her personal views and not those of the Australian Human Rights Commission). Jackie previously worked as policy analyst with the First Nations Summit in British Columbia, Canada. Paul Joffe is an attorney who, since 1974, has specialized in human rights and other issues relating to Indigenous peoples at the international and domestic level. For over two decades, he has been involved in international standard-setting processes, including those relating to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989. Jennifer Preston is the program coordinator for Aboriginal Affairs for the Canadian Friends Service Committee (Quakers). Her work focuses on implementation of the Declaration.