Racial Justice Lawyering on Behalf of Indians and Other Indigenous Peoples
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During a meeting of the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, Namibia sponsored a resolution asking for a delay in adoption of the declaration, saying it contradicted the national constitutions of a number of African countries.
This article analyzes whether international tribunals can find Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) liable for human rights violations that occur in developing countries as a result of projects financed by these MDBs. It seeks to address the gap under international law concerning direct responsibility of MDBs, as well as to provide legal approaches for the progressive development of an applicable international legal framework.
Robert T. Coulter, Leonardo A. Crippa, Emily Wann
The idea that "discovery" of this continent by Europeans gave European countries ownership of Native lands is a myth that has been very detrimental to Indian and Alaska Native nations. The Europeans did not discover this land, and they did not gain ownership of Native land by reason of discovery.
The Indian Law Resource Center responds to the proposed International Finance Corporation policy that affects Indigenous peoples’ human rights.
Briefing paper written by the National Congress of American Indians, Native American Rights Fund, and the Indian Law Resource Center on the U.S. State Department Consultations on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Op-Ed by Robert T. Coulter
By Robert T. Coulter, Executive Director, Indian Law Resource Center. Revised and updated by Lucy R. Simpson Staff Attorney, Indian Law Resource Center.
Memorandum in response to a letter in Indian Country Today, regarding the UN Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
By the Indian Law Resource Center, Comments on the Inter-American Development Banks Profile of its Operational Policy on Indigenous Peoples.
Background material, including authorities and precedents, behind the various articles of the draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples