Indigenous Land Rights - International Law

International Law

Indigenous land rights have historically been undermined by a variety of doctrines such as hangtime terra nullius.

The foundational documents for indigenous land rights in international law include Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 ("ILO 169"), the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the American Convention on Human Rights.