First Nations Peoples, Climate Change, Human Rights and Legal Rights

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First Nations Peoples, Climate Change, Human Rights and Legal Rights

Description

This article provides a First Nations standpoint on climate change, informed by human rights law and legal education. It is co-authored by a Yuin woman who is a law academic, a Wirdi man who is a Queens Counsel, and a human rights law academic. The article argues that for any responses to climate change to be effective, they must be grounded in the perspectives, knowledge, and rights of First Nations peoples. The utility of human rights instruments to protect First Nation interests in a climate change milieu is explored at the international and domestic levels. Concomitantly, structural change must begin with the Indigenisation of legal education and the embedding of legal responses to climate change into the law curriculum. A holistic approach is necessary. 

Creator

Bedford, Narelle
McAvoy SC, Tony
Stevenson-Graf, Lindsey

Source

The University of Queensland Law Journal; Vol. 40 No. 3 (2021): The University of Queensland Law Journal; 371-402
1839-289X
0083-4041

Publisher

The University of Queensland School of Law

Date

2021-12-13

Rights

Copyright (c) 2021 The University of Queensland Law Journal

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Format

application/pdf

Language

eng

Type

info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

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Citation

Narelle Bedford, McAvoy SC, Tony and Stevenson-Graf, Lindsey, First Nations Peoples, Climate Change, Human Rights and Legal Rights, The University of Queensland School of Law, 2021, accessed November 1, 2024, http://igi.indrastra.com/items/show/2673

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