'We Are All Here to Stay': Citizenship, Sovereignty and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

by Dominic O'Sullivan

In 2007, 144 UN member states voted to adopt a Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US were the only members to vote against it. Each eventually changed its position. This book explains why and examines what the Declaration could mean for sovereignty, citizenship and democracy in liberal societies such as these. It takes Canadian Chief Justice Lamer's remark that 'we are all here to stay' to mean...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1760463949
• ISBN13: 9781760463946
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Anu Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.2"