Indigenous Peoples' Land Rights Under International Law ― From Victims to Actors

This book addresses the right of indigenous peoples to live, own and use their traditional territories. Whilst a profound cultural and social relationship with land and territories characterizes indigenous peoples’ cultures, they have been and are repeatedly deprived of their lands. This book analyses how international law addresses indigenous peoples’ rights to live on their traditional territories. Through its meticulous and wide-ranging examination of the interaction between international law and indigenous peoples’ land rights, the work explores several burning issues such as collective rights, self-determination, property rights, cultural rights and restitution of land.

Jeremie Gilbert is Professor of International and Comparative Law at the University of East London, United Kingdom. His main area of research is on international human rights law, and more particularly the rights of indigenous peoples. He has widely published on the rights of indigenous peoples, looking in particular at their right to land and natural resources.