What is it about?
The paper explains the legal status of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples through examining relevant literature, decisions of international and regional bodies as well as international and regional courts.
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Why is it important?
Because the legal status of UN General Assembly declarations may not be as clear as treaties, it is important that the real legal significance of declarations is explained to academics, students, international organisations, governments, policy makers and legislators.
Perspectives
It is hoped that this article may draw attention to the legal implications of UN General Assembly resolutions, as the dominant perspective is that they are not legally binding as soft-law instruments. The paper is an affront to this dominant view that tends to obfuscate the legal weight of such soft instruments in international law.
Dr Sylvanus Gbendazhi Barnabas
Nigerian Turkish Nile University
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This page is a summary of: The Legal Status of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007) in Contemporary International Human Rights Law, International Human Rights Law Review, December 2017, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/22131035-00602006.
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