The Right of Indigenous Peoples to Self-Determination: International Law Perspective
Journal: Athenaeum Polskie Studia Politologiczne
Year: 2018

The author offers an international law perspective on a specific issue of self-determination of indigenous peoples. The article begins with the definition of indigenous peoples, then proceeds to self-determination in general. The last section examines the forms of indigenous selfdetermination and its meaning for indigenous peoples. Indigenous peoples have a right to self-determination which allows them for control over their destiny, their livelihoods, their culture and customs. It may be realiz