Synopses & Reviews
The debate surrounding the rights of indigenous peoples is one of the most dynamic and controversial fields in contemporary politics. This book analyses the work of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) as a driving force in developing the status of indigenous peoples in international law. Focussing on the creation and implementation of the two legally binding international instruments in the area, Conventions No. 107 (1957) and 169 (1989), Rodríguez-Pi,nero traces the historical and political processes at work in the struggle of indigenous peoples for legal recognition.
About the Author
Luis Rodríguez-Pi,nero received his Ph.D. in Law from the European University Institute, in Florence (Italy). He has conducted extensive research on the rights of indigenous peoples at the I.L.O. and other international organizations, as well as in various Latin American countries. He has also been involved in a number of cases related to different indigenous communities and organizations in Latin America. Among others, the author has worked as legal counsel in the implementation of the Inter-America Court of Human Rights' landmark decision in the case of the Awas Tingni Mayagna (Sumo) Indigenous Community v. Nicaragua.
Table of Contents
Introduction
1 Historical Origins
1. The Colonial Code: The I.L.O. and 'Native Labour' (1919-1956)
2. The Internationalisation of Indigenism: The I.L.O. and the 'Indian Problem' (1936-1949)
3. I.L.O. and Applied Anthropology: The Indigenous Labour Programme (1949-1955)
2 The Language of Integration
4. From Policy to Law: The Making of the I.L.O. Instruments on Indigenous, Tribal and Semi-Tribal Populations (1949-1957)
5. Constructing 'Indigenous Populations': Convention No. 107 and the Modern Concept of Indigenousness
6. The Language of Integration: I.L.O. Convention No. 107
3 Integration In Practice
7. Integration in Practice: The Implementation of Convention No. 107 (1959-1989)
8. The Fall of Integration: Convention No. 169
Conclusions