Denmark’s Obligations Regarding Mineral Resources in Greenland
Greenland has rich deposits of natural resources. Some of them could have the potential to be commercially developed. The exploitation of these resources could provide enormous opportunities for Greenland’s economic development. Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark and enjoys far reaching rig...
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crbrillap:10.1163/22116427_011010011 2023-05-15T16:26:02+02:00 Denmark’s Obligations Regarding Mineral Resources in Greenland Mortensen, Bent Ole Gram Fleth-Barten, Ulrike 2020 http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22116427_011010011 https://brill.com/view/journals/yplo/11/1/article-p192_11.xml https://brill.com/downloadpdf/journals/yplo/11/1/article-p192_11.xml unknown Brill The Yearbook of Polar Law Online volume 11, issue 1, page 192-213 ISSN 1876-8814 2211-6427 journal-article 2020 crbrillap https://doi.org/10.1163/22116427_011010011 2022-12-11T12:46:16Z Greenland has rich deposits of natural resources. Some of them could have the potential to be commercially developed. The exploitation of these resources could provide enormous opportunities for Greenland’s economic development. Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark and enjoys far reaching rights of self-government. The population of Greenland is overwhelmingly Inuit, a people elsewhere recognized as an Indigenous people. The question concerning the exploitation of the natural resources is thus a complicated legal issue. International law provides indigenous peoples with special rights concerning the natural resources in their territory as referenced in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and ILO Convention 169. The Kingdom of Denmark thus has international obligations regarding free, prior and informed consent. At the national level, the Self-Government Act includes provisions concerning natural resources, and this area is under the sole competence of the self-government. The Greenlandic Mineral Resources Act includes provisions on participation and consultation processes of local inhabitants. This article discusses whether the Kingdom of Denmark, through the Self-Government Act, lives up to its obligations under international law regarding the rights of the Inuit people in relation to the natural resources in their territory. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland greenlandic inuit Yearbook of Polar Law Brill (via Crossref) Greenland The Yearbook of Polar Law Online 11 1 192 213 |
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Greenland has rich deposits of natural resources. Some of them could have the potential to be commercially developed. The exploitation of these resources could provide enormous opportunities for Greenland’s economic development. Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark and enjoys far reaching rights of self-government. The population of Greenland is overwhelmingly Inuit, a people elsewhere recognized as an Indigenous people. The question concerning the exploitation of the natural resources is thus a complicated legal issue. International law provides indigenous peoples with special rights concerning the natural resources in their territory as referenced in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and ILO Convention 169. The Kingdom of Denmark thus has international obligations regarding free, prior and informed consent. At the national level, the Self-Government Act includes provisions concerning natural resources, and this area is under the sole competence of the self-government. The Greenlandic Mineral Resources Act includes provisions on participation and consultation processes of local inhabitants. This article discusses whether the Kingdom of Denmark, through the Self-Government Act, lives up to its obligations under international law regarding the rights of the Inuit people in relation to the natural resources in their territory. |
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Denmark’s Obligations Regarding Mineral Resources in Greenland |
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