UCLA Conference Announcement: Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in the International Human Rights Framework

From Angela Riley:

Please Save the Date! Friday, January 22, 2010

The UCLA American Indian Studies Center

in conjunction with

The UCLA School of Law Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs

will present a one-day Symposium, tentatively titled:

Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in the International Human Rights Framework — A Comfortable Fit?

This Symposium will bring together internationally-renowned scholars whose work focuses on issues pertaining to indigenous peoples’ group rights, with a particular emphasis on potential conflicts that arise for collective, indigenous claims within the international human rights framework.

Confirmed Keynote:

Professor S. James Anaya, Special Rapporteur to the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, and Professor of Law, Arizona Law School

Please be on the lookout for more information as the date approaches. We do hope you will join us!