Abstract

INTERNATIONAL STANDARD FOR THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

SOLEMWON RAMSON

Volume: 6 Issue: 1 2016

Abstract:

The issue revolving around indigenous people is a contentious and a complicated one. Violation of human rights on indigenous people has been massive and widespread. It has been a long road for the indigenous people to bring recognition at the international level and to formulate their protection in international law. The establishment of Working Group on Indigenous Populations (WGIP) has been a significant development in the process of making the United Nation Declaration for Rights of Indigenous People (UNDRIP) and bringing it to a reality. It discusses the issues that hinder the drafting of the Declaration and the contestation in converging it to an agreement under the Working Group. It explains and mentions the provisions of the Declaration and examines its wide perspective. This Declaration is a new development in the international law and it sets a new standard for the protection of indigenous rights.

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