Indigenous Peoples, Consent and Rights - 9781032085159

Taylor & Francis

Indigenous Peoples, Consent and RightsTroubling Subjects\nAuthor(s): Stephen Young\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032085159, 978-1032085159\nSynopsis\nAnalysing how Indigenous Peoples come to be identifiable as bearers of human rights, this book considers how individuals and communities claim the right of free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) as Indigenous peoples.\n\nThe basic notion of FPIC is that states should seek Indigenous peoples consent before taking actions that will have an impact on them, their territories or their livelihoods. FPIC is an important development for Indigenous peoples, their advocates and supporters because one might assume that, where states recognize it, Indigenous peoples will have the ability to control how non-Indigenous laws and actions will affect them. But who exactly are the Indigenous peoples that are the subjects of this discourse? This book argues that the subject statu.