Declaration On The Rights Of Indigenous Peoples

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2009
Edition: First Edition

Description: 112 pages. Ex-Library. (only one small stamp on inside page). Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: A vivid and strikingly illustrated edition of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - a tool for peace and justice, based upon mutual recognition and mutual respect - this is a statement of hope, belief and purpose and an important document for our time. On 13 September 2007 the General Assembly of the United Nations, with an overwhelming majority of votes, adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Declaration was over 22 years in the making. Its purpose, as described by the UN, is to set an important standard for the treatment of indigenous peoples and to act as a significant tool in eliminating human rights violations against the planets over 350 million indigenous people, while assisting them in combating discrimination and marginalisation. Only four countries voted against it: the USA, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. In 2009, the Australian Government decided to endorse this landmark Declaration. With the same insight that he brought to The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Michel Streichs simple yet moving illustrations add powerful resonance to this highly topical and controversial issue. The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is a clear and strong statement of hope, belief and purpose - an important document for our time.

ISBN: 9781741758450