Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program

Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program

The James E. Rogers College of Law [http://www.law.arizona.edu/] at the University of Arizona has created an academic center for the study of indigenous peoples' cultures, histories, languages, laws, and human rights. The Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy (IPLP) Program furthers the research, training, and advocacy of Indian law and international law of indigenous peoples. [http://www.law.arizona.edu/depts/iplp/index.cfm]

Courses and clinical opportunities are offered in areas of law and policy concerning indigenous peoples in the United States and around the world. Through clinical studies and direct advocacy under the supervision of the world's most distinguished scholars in the field, students and practitioners provide legal and other forms of assistance to local and international indigenous communities.

The IPLP Program has been involved in numerous indigenous legal issues around the country. Students and professors in the IPLP Program have assisted Central American Maya villages that have filed lawsuits in the Belize Supreme Court alleging that both the attorney general of Belize and the minister of Natural Resources and Environment had violated their property rights. [http://uanews.org/node/16401 and http://www.law.arizona.edu/depts/iplp/advocacy/maya_belize/index.cfm?page=advoc ]

Faculty and students of the IPLP Program have worked in coordination with other groups representing Carrie Dann and recently deceased Mary Dann, who have struggled against the federal government for decades over Western Shoshone territory, in precedent-setting proceedings before the Organization of American States' Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. It culminated with the Inter-American Commission issuing a report in which it condemned the United States for violating the Dann sisters' human rights. [http://www.law.arizona.edu/depts/iplp/advocacy/shoshone/index.cfm?page=advoc]

In addition, IPLP Program personnel and affiliates have worked with the people of Awas Tingni, a Mayangna (Sumo) indigenous community located on the Atlantic Coast in Nicaragua, for many years with the landmark case decided by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Mayagna (Sumo) Community of Awas Tingni v. Nicaragua. After a lengthy legal battle, the community successfully gained legal recognition of its customary land tenure. [http://www.law.arizona.edu/depts/iplp/advocacy/awastingni/felix.cfm?page=advoc]

References

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1. http://www.law.arizona.edu/
2. http://www.law.arizona.edu/depts/iplp/index.cfm
3. http://uanews.org/node/16401 and http://www.law.arizona.edu/depts/iplp/advocacy/maya_belize/index.cfm?page=advoc
4. http://www.law.arizona.edu/depts/iplp/advocacy/shoshone/index.cfm?page=advoc
5. http://www.law.arizona.edu/depts/iplp/advocacy/awastingni/felix.cfm?page=advoc

External Links

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Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program [http://www.law.arizona.edu/depts/iplp/index.cfm]

ArizonaNativeNet [http://www.arizonanativenet.com]


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