Indigenous peoples' access to justice in the light of rights to lands, territories and natural resources - An overview of the judicial development in America
(2024) JURM02 20241Department of Law
Faculty of Law
- Abstract
- The thesis's purpose is to look into the effectiveness of access to justice for indigenous
peoples in the light of the rights to lands, territories and natural resources. This will be done
by looking into both the jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (and
one case from the Supreme Court of Brazil), the legislative framework on an international
level and other relevant sources. The scope of protection to access justice will be examined to
help understand what challenges are faced to ensure effective access to justice in disputes
related to lands, territories and natural resources. A legal dogmatic method is used.
The cases analysed are the following: the Mayagna (Suma) Awas Tingni community v.
Nicaragua... (More) - The thesis's purpose is to look into the effectiveness of access to justice for indigenous
peoples in the light of the rights to lands, territories and natural resources. This will be done
by looking into both the jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (and
one case from the Supreme Court of Brazil), the legislative framework on an international
level and other relevant sources. The scope of protection to access justice will be examined to
help understand what challenges are faced to ensure effective access to justice in disputes
related to lands, territories and natural resources. A legal dogmatic method is used.
The cases analysed are the following: the Mayagna (Suma) Awas Tingni community v.
Nicaragua (IACtHR), the Yakye Axa indigenous community v. Paraguay (IACtHR), the
Saramaka people v. Suriname (IACtHR), the Kichwa indigenous people of Sarayaku v.
Ecuador (IACtHR) and the Xokleng people v. Brazil (Brazilian Supreme Court).
The thesis concludes that all cases presented concerned conflicts that have lasted for
many years and even though the Court have concluded violations against rights, it is not an
effective way to access justice when the time frame is so long. The struggle to include
indigenous peoples in various ways such as in the consultation process, accepting their
parallel judicial systems, respecting their close connection with their lands, territories and
natural resources, unique knowledge and ways of living are just to mention a few obstacles
indigenous peoples face to access justice more effectively. Getting marginalised,
discriminated and problems with not getting their judicial personality recognised are other
issues that hinder effective access to justice. Overall, the situation is better than it was in the
past and there are more focus and resources targeted to help indigenous peoples access justice
more effectively, but there is still a great need for states to take increased responsibility and
for mechanisms to continue evolve to make the situation better in the future to effectively
access justice. (Less) - Abstract (Swedish)
- Avhandlingens syfte är att undersöka effektiviteten av tillgång till rättvisa för
ursprungsbefolkningar i ljuset av rättigheterna till landområden, territorier och naturresurser.
Detta kommer att göras genom att undersöka både rättspraxis från Interamerikanska
domstolen för mänskliga rättigheter (och ett fall från Högsta domstolen i Brasilien), den
rättsliga ramen på internationell nivå och andra relevanta källor. Omfattningen av skyddet för
tillgång till rättvisa kommer att undersökas för att hjälpa till att förstå vilka utmaningar som
ställs inför för att säkerställa effektiv tillgång till rättvisa i tvister relaterade till landområden,
territorier och naturresurser. En rättsdogmatisk metod används.
Fallen som analyseras är... (More) - Avhandlingens syfte är att undersöka effektiviteten av tillgång till rättvisa för
ursprungsbefolkningar i ljuset av rättigheterna till landområden, territorier och naturresurser.
Detta kommer att göras genom att undersöka både rättspraxis från Interamerikanska
domstolen för mänskliga rättigheter (och ett fall från Högsta domstolen i Brasilien), den
rättsliga ramen på internationell nivå och andra relevanta källor. Omfattningen av skyddet för
tillgång till rättvisa kommer att undersökas för att hjälpa till att förstå vilka utmaningar som
ställs inför för att säkerställa effektiv tillgång till rättvisa i tvister relaterade till landområden,
territorier och naturresurser. En rättsdogmatisk metod används.
Fallen som analyseras är följande: Mayagna (Suma) Awas Tingni community v.
Nicaragua (IACtHR), Yakye Axa indigenous community v. Paraguay (IACtHR), Saramaka
people v. Suriname (IACtHR), Kichwa indigenous people of Sarayaku v. Ecuador (IACtHR)
och Xokleng people v. Brazil (Brasiliens högsta domstol).
Avhandlingen drar slutsatsen att alla mål som presenterades gällde konflikter som
pågått i många år och även om domstolen har kommit fram till kränkningar av rättigheter är
det inte ett effektivt sätt att få tillgång till rättvisa när tidsramen är så lång. Kampen för att
inkludera urbefolkningar på olika sätt såsom i samrådsprocessen, acceptera deras parallella
rättssystem, respektera deras nära koppling till deras landområden, territorier och
naturresurser, unika kunskap och sätt att leva är bara för att nämna några hinder
urbefolkningar möter för att få tillgång till rättvisa mer effektivt. Att bli marginaliserad,
diskriminerad och problem med att inte få sin domarpersonlighet erkänd är andra frågor som
hindrar effektiv tillgång till rättvisa. Sammantaget är situationen bättre än den var tidigare
och det finns mer fokus och resurser inriktade på att hjälpa urbefolkningar att få tillgång till
rättvisa mer effektivt, men det finns fortfarande ett stort behov för stater att ta ökat ansvar och
för mekanismer att fortsätta utvecklas för att situationen bättre i framtiden för att effektivt få
tillgång till rättvisa. (Less)
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- author
- Engfelt Telhag, Emma LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- JURM02 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- H3 - Professional qualifications (4 Years - )
- subject
- keywords
- access to justice, America, American Convention on Human Rights, customary law, fair trial, human rights, indigenous people, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, land, territories and natural resources, judicial personality, judicial protection, public international law, reparation mechanism
- language
- English
- id
- 9152912
- date added to LUP
- 2024-06-05 10:08:09
- date last changed
- 2024-06-05 10:08:09
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abstract = {{The thesis's purpose is to look into the effectiveness of access to justice for indigenous
peoples in the light of the rights to lands, territories and natural resources. This will be done
by looking into both the jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (and
one case from the Supreme Court of Brazil), the legislative framework on an international
level and other relevant sources. The scope of protection to access justice will be examined to
help understand what challenges are faced to ensure effective access to justice in disputes
related to lands, territories and natural resources. A legal dogmatic method is used.
The cases analysed are the following: the Mayagna (Suma) Awas Tingni community v.
Nicaragua (IACtHR), the Yakye Axa indigenous community v. Paraguay (IACtHR), the
Saramaka people v. Suriname (IACtHR), the Kichwa indigenous people of Sarayaku v.
Ecuador (IACtHR) and the Xokleng people v. Brazil (Brazilian Supreme Court).
The thesis concludes that all cases presented concerned conflicts that have lasted for
many years and even though the Court have concluded violations against rights, it is not an
effective way to access justice when the time frame is so long. The struggle to include
indigenous peoples in various ways such as in the consultation process, accepting their
parallel judicial systems, respecting their close connection with their lands, territories and
natural resources, unique knowledge and ways of living are just to mention a few obstacles
indigenous peoples face to access justice more effectively. Getting marginalised,
discriminated and problems with not getting their judicial personality recognised are other
issues that hinder effective access to justice. Overall, the situation is better than it was in the
past and there are more focus and resources targeted to help indigenous peoples access justice
more effectively, but there is still a great need for states to take increased responsibility and
for mechanisms to continue evolve to make the situation better in the future to effectively
access justice.}},
author = {{Engfelt Telhag, Emma}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Indigenous peoples' access to justice in the light of rights to lands, territories and natural resources - An overview of the judicial development in America}},
year = {{2024}},
}