International Perspective on Indigenous Religious Rights.

• Superior document: Studies in International Minority and Group Rights Series ; v.17
• Author: Gélinas, Claude.
• TeilnehmendeR: Mathieu Legault-Laberge, Raphaël.; Lebel-Grenier, Sébastien.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 2023.; ©2024.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in International Minority and Group Rights Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (346 pages)

This book is the first large-scale comparative study to provide a comprehensive portrait of indigenous religious rights around the world, both in terms of recent political advances and persistent social obstacles to the implementation of legal protections for these rights.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- The Pachamama, the Trojan Horse of an Indigenous Ontological Diplomacy at the Convention of Biological Diversity? -- Spiritual, Religious or Cultural? Religion and Sámi Human Rights in the Nordic Countries -- Indigenous Religious Rights in India -- Australia Has Failed to Protect the Religious Rights of Its Indigenous People -- Kanak Custom and Ancestral Culture in Colonial Context -- The Ainu Struggle for Sovereignty and Religious Freedom -- Indigenous Religious Rights in the United States -- The Colonial Overtones of Indigenous Religious Rights in Canada -- The Fundamental Right to Freedom of Religion for Indigenous Peoples in Chile: Intersections with Territorial Rights and Cultural Integrity -- Exploring the Historical Impact of Colonialism on Indigenous Religious Rights in Nigeria -- Recognition and Denial of Indigenous Religious Rights in East and Central Africa -- Indigenous Religious Rights in Taiwan: The Invisibility of Animism in Modern State Law -- Integration or Separation? Religious Freedom in Post-authoritarian Indonesia: The Case of the Indigenous Kaharingan Religion in Central Kalimantan -- From Marginalization to Self-Determination: The Long Walk of First Nations' Religious Rights in Bolivia -- Index.