Indigenous Rights to Land Versus Extractivism - 9781009590549

Indigenous Rights to Land Versus ExtractivismThe Promise and Limits of ILO Convention No. 169 in Mexico\nAuthor(s): Tamara A. Wattnem\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781009590549, 978-1009590549\nSynopsis\nIndigenous and tribal communities often make claims to territory citing their longstanding ties to the land. Since 1989, they increasingly reference ILO Convention No. 169, the only legally binding international agreement on Indigenous and tribal peoples rights. This Element proposes a three-pronged analytical framework to assess the promise and limits of indigenous rights to land as influenced by international law. The framework calls for the place-specific investigation of the interrelations between: (1) indigenous identity politics, (2) citizenship regimes, and (3) land tenure regimes. Drawing on the case of Mexico, it argues that the ILO Convention has generally been a weak tool for securin.