Call for Papers: Indigenous Intellectual Property

CALL FOR PAPERS:
SYMPOSIUM ON THE TOPIC OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
Friday, October 10, 2008
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law is pleased to host a symposium on the topic of Intellectual Property and Indigenous Peoples, on Friday, October 10, 2008. The purpose of this symposium is to examine intellectual [...]

Jay Treaty-Related Immigration Case News Coverage

From CFTK TV:
VANCOUVER - A Canadian aboriginal who has spent months fighting with U.S. Customs for his treaty right to cross the border freely has been given an American green card once again.
But Peter Roberts’ lawyer expects more First Nations will run into challenges at the border, despite a 200-year-old treaty granting free border access [...]

CERD Concluding Observations Address Discrimination Against Native Americans

The Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) included several recommendations focused on discrimination against Native Americans in its concluding observations on the latest periodic report submitted by the United States. It expressed particular concerns about persistent sexual violence against Native American women, the failure of the U.S. to consult with indigenous [...]

Inter-American Commission Hears Concerns over Indigenous Property Rights in Guatemala

WASHINGTON, D.C. – At Monday’s hearing of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, representatives from the Indian Law Resource Center, Defensoria Q’eqchi’, and Maya communities told commissioners that establishing environmental protection areas in Guatemala without indigenous involvement violates human rights and environmental norms.
 
 
Plans to create the Sierra Santa Cruz [...]

Miller and Ruru: A Comparative View of the Doctrine of Discovery

Bob Miller and Jacinta Ruru have posted “An Indigenous Lens into Comparative Law: The Doctrine of Discovery in the United States and New Zealand” on SSRN.
From the abstract:

UN CERD Shadow Report on US Race Discrimination Against Indigenous Peoples

International Treaty Council Shadow Report

Larry Cata Backer on Indigenous Peoples, Democracy, and Bolivian Constitutional Reform

From Larry’s great blog, Law at the End of the Day, an excerpt from “Constitutionalism and Indigenous Peoples in the Bolivian Constitution“:
One of the more important wrinkles in this emerging pattern of relationships between the individual and the state involves the constitution of collectives as persons, with rights similar to those available to natural persons. [...]