Indigenous Peoples, Postcolonialism, and International Law: The ILO Regime (1919-1989)

ISBN-13: 9780199284641 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 432 str.

Luis Rodriguez-Pinero

Opis

The debate surrounding the rights of indigenous peoples is one of the most dynamic and controversial fields in contemporary politics. This book analyses the work of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) as a driving force in developing the status of indigenous peoples in international law. Focussing on the creation and implementation of the two legally binding international instruments in the area, Conventions No. 107 (1957) and 169 (1989), Rodriguez-Pi, nero traces the historical and political processes at work in the struggle of indigenous peoples for legal recognition.
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O autorze

Luis Rodríguez-Piñero received his Ph.D. in Law from the European University Institute, in Florence (Italy). He has conducted extensive research on the rights of indigenous peoples at the I.L.O. and other international organizations, as well as in various Latin American countries. He has also been involved in a number of cases related to different indigenous communities and organizations in Latin America. Among others, the author has worked as legal counsel in the implementation of the Inter-America Court of Human Rights' landmark decision in the case of the Awas Tingni Mayagna (Sumo) Indigenous Community v. Nicaragua.