Indigenous Peoples in International Law - JURD7613
Faculty: Faculty of Law
School: Faculty of Law
Course Outline: See below
Campus: Sydney
Career: Postgraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: 36UOC of JD courses for students enrolled prior to 2013. Students enrolled after 2013 must have completed 72 UOC of JD courses and Law in the Global Context (JURD7220)
Excluded: LAWS3713, LAWS8413
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
The past three decades have seen the worlds more than 300 million indigenous people make significant advances ininternational law with the recognition of Indigenous rights through current and newly established mechanisms that advancethe development of norms relating to Indigenous rights. This course synthesises the contemporary international lawpertaining 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
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
More information can be found on the Course Outline Website.
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