- Title Pages
- Acknowledgements
- Table of cases
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 We are still here
- 2 Who is indigenous?: Concept, definition, process
- 3 Ambiguous discourses: indigenous peoples and the development of international law
- 4 The age of rights<sup>1</sup>
- 5 The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights I
- 6 The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights II: Article 27 and other global standards on minority rights
- 7 The Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- 8 Racial discrimination and indigenous peoples – in particular under the Racial Discrimination Convention
- 9 The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: in particular Article 30
- 10 The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights; African perspectives on indigenous peoples
- 11 The Inter-American system and indigenous peoples
- 12 European instruments on human and minority rights
- 13 ILO standards I
- 14 ILO standards II: Convention 169
- 15 The UN draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- 16 The Proposed American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- 17 Indigenous peoples and the discourses of human rights: a reflective narrative
- 1 ILO Convention No. 107 on Indigenous and Tribal Populations
- 2 ILO Convention No. 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples
- 3 UN draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- 4 CERD General Recommendation VIII: identification with a particular racial or ethnic group
- 5 CERD General Recommendation XXIII: indigenous peoples
- 6 CERD General Recommendation XXIV: reporting of persons belonging to different races, etc.
- 7 General Comment of the HRC on the rights of minorities
- Select bibliography
- Index
ILO standards II: Convention 169
ILO standards II: Convention 169
- Chapter:
- (p.339) 14 ILO standards II: Convention 169
- Source:
- Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights
- Author(s):
Patrick Thornberry
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
The record of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in dealing with indigenous peoples is treated at many points in the present work. A notable feature is the intellectual journey travelled between ILO Convention 107 and Convention 169, from the despair at the end of history to a new affirmation of indigenous presence and continuity. Many indigenous groups are wary of Convention 169 and contemptuous of 107. Neither Convention has been widely ratified, but the influence of ILO standards in the general consciousness of indigenous rights cannot be overestimated. The underestimation of 169 in particular may be for the wrong reasons and damaging to indigenous interests. While groups may be disappointed by its failure to address self-determination through evasive wording, the text of the Convention is radical by the standards of the human rights canon. In particular, its commitment to collective rights is remarkable and thoroughgoing. The Convention is strong on land rights and resources, customary law, education and participation.
Keywords: International Labour Organization, ILO Conventions, collective rights, human rights, indigenous peoples
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- Title Pages
- Acknowledgements
- Table of cases
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 We are still here
- 2 Who is indigenous?: Concept, definition, process
- 3 Ambiguous discourses: indigenous peoples and the development of international law
- 4 The age of rights<sup>1</sup>
- 5 The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights I
- 6 The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights II: Article 27 and other global standards on minority rights
- 7 The Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- 8 Racial discrimination and indigenous peoples – in particular under the Racial Discrimination Convention
- 9 The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: in particular Article 30
- 10 The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights; African perspectives on indigenous peoples
- 11 The Inter-American system and indigenous peoples
- 12 European instruments on human and minority rights
- 13 ILO standards I
- 14 ILO standards II: Convention 169
- 15 The UN draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- 16 The Proposed American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- 17 Indigenous peoples and the discourses of human rights: a reflective narrative
- 1 ILO Convention No. 107 on Indigenous and Tribal Populations
- 2 ILO Convention No. 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples
- 3 UN draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- 4 CERD General Recommendation VIII: identification with a particular racial or ethnic group
- 5 CERD General Recommendation XXIII: indigenous peoples
- 6 CERD General Recommendation XXIV: reporting of persons belonging to different races, etc.
- 7 General Comment of the HRC on the rights of minorities
- Select bibliography
- Index
