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Book SynopsisWhat is the status of indigenous religious rights in the world today? Despite important legal advances in the protection of indigenous religious beliefs and practices at the international and national levels, there are still many obstacles to the full implementation of these provisions. Using a unique large-scale comparative approach, this book aims to identify the fundamental issues that characterize the law of indigenous religions in several countries, as well as certain avenues that may prove useful in state implementation of the provisions of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples regarding practice, promotion, transmission, protection, and access to spiritual heritage.
Table of ContentsForeword Introduction Claude Gélinas, Sébastien Lebel-Grenier and Raphaël Mathieu Legault-Laberge The Pachamama, the Trojan Horse of an Indigenous Ontological Diplomacy at the Convention of Biological Diversity? Ingrid Hall Spiritual, Religious or Cultural? Religion and Sámi Human Rights in the Nordic Countries Helge Årsheim Indigenous Religious Rights in India Virginius Xaxa Australia Has Failed to Protect the Religious Rights of Its Indigenous People Ernst Willheim Kanak Custom and Ancestral Culture in Colonial Context François Féral The Ainu Struggle for Sovereignty and Religious Freedom Takeshi Kimura Indigenous Religious Rights in the United States Allison M. Dussias The Colonial Overtones of Indigenous Religious Rights in Canada Claude Gelinas The Fundamental Right to Freedom of Religion for Indigenous Peoples in Chile: Intersections with Territorial Rights and Cultural Integrity Leslie Cloud Exploring the Historical Impact of Colonialism on Indigenous Religious Rights in Nigeria Abiodun Akeem Oladiti Recognition and Denial of Indigenous Religious Rights in East and Central Africa Guy Bucumi Indigenous Religious Rights in Taiwan: The Invisibility of Animism in Modern State Law Scott Simon Integration or Separation? Religious Freedom in Post-Authoritarian Indonesia:The Case of the Indigenous Kaharingan Religion in Central Kalimantan Mirza Satria Buana From Marginalisation to Self-determination: The Long Walk of First Nations’ Religious Rights in Bolivia Raphaël Mathieu Legault-Laberge Index
