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The Law and Politics of Indigenous Rights in the Postcolonial African State

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2017

Dwight G. Newman
Dwight G. Newman*
Affiliation:
University of Saskatchewan College of Law, University of the Witwatersrand School of Law
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New Voices: The Role of International Legal Institutions in Norm Development
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Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting , Volume 102 , 2008 , pp. 69 - 71
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2008

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References

1 United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, G.A. Res. 61/295, UN Doc. A/RES/61/295 (Sept. 13, 2007), 46 I.L.M. 1013 (2007).

2 See, e.g., Koh, Harold Hongju, Why Do Nations Obey International Law?, 106 Yale L. J. 2599 (1997)CrossRefGoogle Scholar; Hathaway, Oona, Do Human Rights Treaties Make a Difference?, 111 Yale L. J. 1935 (2002)CrossRefGoogle Scholar; Goldsmith, Jack L. & Posner, Eric A., The Limits of International Law (2005)Google Scholar.

3 See Press Release, United Nations, General Assembly Adopts Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples; ‘Major Step Forward’ Towards Human Rights for All, Says President, UN Doc GA/10612 (Sept. 13, 2007), available at http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2007/gal0612.doc.htm (last visited May 20, 2008).

4 See Press Release, General Assembly Adopts Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples, supra note 4.

5 See UN G.A., Amended Text of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Aug. 30, 2007), available at http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/Declaration_Ips_31August.pdf (last visited May 20, 2008) (text distinguishing amendments from previous version).

6 See, e.g., Indigenous Peoples of Africa Co-ordinating Committee [IPACC] News, UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Delayed by the Africa Group (May 4, 2007), http://www.ipacc.org.za/eng/news_details.asp?Nid=66 (last visited Sept. 24, 2007).

7 See, e.g., Christopher Clapham, Africa and the International System: The Politics of State Survival (1996); Young, Crawford, The Heritage of Colonialism, in Africa in World Politics 19 (Harbeson, John W. & Rothchild, Donald eds., 1991)Google Scholar.

8 See Clapham, supra note 7, at 31.

9 See Clapham, supra note 7, at 31.

10 Press Release, United Nations, Third Committee Approves Draft Resolution on Right to Development; Votes to Defer Action Concerning Declaration on Indigenous Peoples, UN Doc GA/SHC/3878 (Nov. 28, 2006), available at http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2006/gashc3878.doc.htm (last visited May 20, 2008).

11 Africa Group, Draft Aide Memoire: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Nov. 9, 2006).

12 Africa Group, Draft Aide Memoire: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Nov. 9, 2006) 7.0.

13 See Press Release, General Assembly Adopts Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples, supra note 1; IPACC, United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: “Draft Aide Mémoire” of the African Group: A Brief Commentary (Jan. 16, 2007).

14 Sesana and Others v. Att’y Gen. (52/2002) [2006] BWHC (Bots.), 1 (Dec. 13, 2006).

15 See Press Release, General Assembly Adopts Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples, supra note 4.

16 African Union, African Union Decision on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Assembly/AU/Dec.141 (VIII).

17 IPACC News, IPACC Members Join Lobby Efforts for Declaration in New York (Aug. 16, 2007), http://www.ipacc.org.za/eng/news_details.asp?Nid=97, (last visited Sept. 24, 2007).

18 See Press Release, General Assembly Adopts Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples, supra note 4.