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Book Synopsis"Have you ever looked back at a point in your life when, had good advice been taken, it would have meant a much better future? This book offers that advice, now. Canadians who want to live well because Indigenous peoples prosper need to read Indivisible." - Robert Lovelace, Ardoch Algonquin First Nation "Well written, fast moving, and well researched - this is book is a rich, smart resource for anyone wanting to break down and understand the human rights versus indigenous rights debate, and to move on to more productive conversations about real political and legal change for indigenous peoples." - Val Napoleon, University of Victoria "The historic and contemporary challenges faced by Indigenous peoples - be it the tragedy of residential schools, high levels of violence against women, abusive policing, struggles around land and resources, or entrenched poverty - are reflective of the disgraceful failure of Canada and other states to uphold human rights. Indivisible is a critical call to governments and Indigenous peoples to take up the indivisible framework of rights protection enshrined in the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples." - Alex Neve, Amnesty International
Table of ContentsContents Indigenous Human Rights Are Indivisible (Joyce Green) Part 1: Theoretical and Political Context for Indigenous Human Rights Denying Indigenous Human Rights: Colonialism and Rights Discourse in Canada (Joyce Green) The Race Bind: Denying Aboriginal Rights in Australia (Maggie Walter) Colonialism Past and Present: Indigenous Human Rights and Canadian Policing (Elizabeth Comack) Indigenous Human Rights and Decolonization (Andrea Smith) Part 2: Aboriginal Human Rights, Specific Themes McIvor v. Canada: Legislated Patriarchy Meets Aboriginal Women's Equality Rights (Gwen Brodsky) Confronting Violence: Indigenous Women, Self-Determination and International Human Rights (Rauna Kuokkanen) Victoria's Secret: How to Make a Population of Prey (Mary Eberts) Part 3: International and Domestic Constitutional Law and Indigenous Human Rights Free, Prior and Informed Consent: Defending Indigenous Rights in the Global Rush for Resources (Craig Benjamin) The Presumption of Conformity: International Indigenous Human Rights and the Canadian Constitution (Brenda Gunn) Undermining Indigenous Peoples' Security and Human Rights (Paul Joffe)
