Indigenous People Rights

The Duty to Consult in the Inter-American System: Legal Standards after Sarayaku

Introduction

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16
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35
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Lisl Brunner and Karla Quintana
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The Reargument Order in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum and Its Potential Implications for Transnational Human Rights Cases

Introduction

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16
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10
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Chimène I. Keitner
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The Human Rights Council Endorses “Guiding Principles” for Corporations

Introduction

On June 16, 2011, the United Nations Human Rights Council endorsed Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. This Insight describes the background to the Guiding Principles, the Principles themselves, and the Council’s decision to endorse them.

From the Draft Norms to the Ruggie Framework

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15
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21
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John H. Knox
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The 2008 Ruggie Report: A Framework for Business and Human Rights

The United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary General on human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises,[1] John Ruggie, submitted his final Report to the Human Rights Council on June 3, 2008.[2] The Report and its attendant documents

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12
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12
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Christiana Ochoa
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The UN General Assembly adopts the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

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11
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25
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Stefania Errico
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Double Interim Relief Denial in Argentina-Uruguay Pulp Mill Dispute before the World Court

On January 23, 2007, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rejected Uruguay's request for "provisional measures" against Argentina "a form of injunctive relief"aimed at putting an immediate end to blockades of bridges and roads connecting Argentina and Uruguay by Argentine citizens protesting the construction of a disputed pulp mill project on the Uruguayan side of the border. The project is the subject of the Pulp Mills Case (Argentina v.

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11
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2
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Pieter H.F. Bekker
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The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

On June 29, 2006, the United Nations Human Rights Council[1] adopted the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.[2] This decision comes as a result of more than twenty years of work by the United Nations system on that subject.

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10
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19
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Stefania Errico
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