BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20110313T100000 RDATE:20110313T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20111106T090000 RDATE:20111106T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110415 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110416 LOCATION:Lewis &\; Clark Law School\, Classroom 7 SUMMARY:Spring Symposium DESCRIPTION:The Future of International Law in Indigenous Affairs: The Do ctrine of Discovery\, the United Nations\, and the Organization of Americ an States. \;For More information visit the Spring Symposium Homepa ge. (https://www.lclark.edu/law/law_reviews/lewis_and_clark_law_review/sp ring_symposium/) \; This conference brings together expert practit ioners and cutting-edge academic thinkers from around the globe to discus s very timely questions about the future and the promise of international law in Indigenous affairs. For the past several decades\, Indigenous Pe oples have forced the international community and international law to in creasingly turn attention to the rights and issues of Indigenous Peoples. \; Some 370 million Indigenous People in more than 90 countries arou nd the globe face educational\, poverty\, legal\, health\, political\, an d sociological issues that surpass what most nations and other specific p eoples have to address. This conference will focus primarily on internat ional law issues surrounding the Doctrine of Discovery\, the United Natio ns Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples\, and the Organization of American States. Proceeding with an examination of the Doctrine of D iscovery\, the original international law from the fifteenth century\, an d how it was adopted and applied by settler/colonizer societies in North and South America and in Australia and New Zealand\, conference participa nts will describe how Indigenous Peoples have resisted conquest and settl er society mindsets and legal regimes and have remained viable communitie s today that exercise sovereign and legal powers. The process of enactin g and implementing the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indige nous Peoples will be examined. \; In particular\, the conference will address the promise of the Declaration for the future of Indigenous affa irs. In addition\, a commissioner of the Inter-American Commission on Hu man Rights of the Organization of American States\, and other conference participants\, will address and analyze the use of the OAS by Indigenous Peoples to fight for their property and human rights. The impacts that i nternational investment have had and continue to have on Indigenous Peopl es\, and the legal mechanisms that can mitigate the threats posed by fore ign investments\, will also be addressed.The 2011 Spring Symposium is a c ollaboration between the Lewis &\; Clark Global Law Program (../law/de partments/global_law/)\, the International Law Society (../law/student_gr oups/international_law_society/mission_statement/)\, and our co-sponsor†”Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning (http://www.jumbunna.uts.edu.au/) at the University of Technology\, Sydney. \; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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information visit the Spring Symposium Homepage.
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This c onference brings together expert practitioners and cutting-edge academic thinkers from around the globe to discuss very timely questions about the future and the promise of international law in Indigenous affairs.
For the past several decades\, Indigenous Peoples have forced the inte
rnational community and international law to increasingly turn attention
to the rights and issues of Indigenous Peoples. \; Some 370 million I
ndigenous People in more than 90 countries around the globe face educatio
nal\, poverty\, legal\, health\, political\, and sociological issues that
surpass what most nations and other specific peoples have to address.
This conference will focus primarily on international law issu
es surrounding the Doctrine of Discovery\, the United Nations Declaration
of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples\, and the Organization of American S
tates.
Proceeding with an examination of the Doctrine of Dis
covery\, the original international law from the fifteenth century\, and
how it was adopted and applied by settler/colonizer societies in North an
d South America and in Australia and New Zealand\, conference participant
s will describe how Indigenous Peoples have resisted conquest and settler
society mindsets and legal regimes and have remained viable communities
today that exercise sovereign and legal powers.
The process
of enacting and implementing the United Nations Declaration of the Rights
of Indigenous Peoples will be examined. \; In particular\, the confe
rence will address the promise of the Declaration for the future of Indig
enous affairs.
In addition\, a commissioner of the Inter-Ame
rican Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States\,
and other conference participants\, will address and analyze the use of
the OAS by Indigenous Peoples to fight for their property and human right
s.
The impacts that international investment have had and co
ntinue to have on Indigenous Peoples\, and the legal mechanisms that can
mitigate the threats posed by foreign investments\, will also be addresse
d.
The 2011 Spring Symposium is a collaboration between the Lewis &\; Clark Global L aw Program\, the International Law Society\, and our co-spons or—Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning at the University of Technology\, Sydney. p>
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