NATIVE CULTURE

Day 3 – 11/9 Keynote: S. James Anaya, International Standards and Mechanisms to Support Repatriation

Association on American Indian Affairs | October 9, 2024

Professor Anaya has been involved in advocating for the rights of Indigenous Peoples in international and domestic courts, and he served as the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples from 2008 to 2014. Professor Anaya will be sharing an overview of the international human rights framework concerning Indigenous Peoples and how it came about as a result of Indigenous Peoples’ own advocacy. International human rights laws, reflected in international treaties and declarations, such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples can provide support for repatriation advocacy both domestically and internationally. How can these international mechanisms support repatriation?