Handbook

The past three decades have seen the worlds more than 300 million indigenous people make significant advances in
international law with the recognition of Indigenous rights through current and newly established mechanisms that advance
the development of norms relating to Indigenous rights. This course synthesises the contemporary international law
pertaining to in particular the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

This course is also available to students undertaking relevant postgraduate non-law degree programs at UNSW, provided
such enrolment is approved by the appropriate non-law Faculty.

Main Topics

• Who are ips? What is the right to selfdetermination?
• United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations
• United Nations Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
• United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples
• United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
• World Bank, IMF, MNCs and economic development
• WTO: TRIPS, GASCM and FTAs
• Indigenous Knowledge: WIPO, CBD, Climate change
• ILO
• OAS