Collective rights: the case of indigenous peoples

Pending agreement on a UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Alexandra Xanthaki examines the political theories and research supporting the need for recognition of collective identities and rights, which she claims have hitherto been overshadowed by the focus on rights of the individual. Article by Alexandra Xanthaki (Department of Law, Keele University) based on a lecture given by the author at the IALS on 28 February 2000, published in Amicus Curiae - Journal of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and its Society for Advanced Legal Studies. The Journal is produced by the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London.