Preferential Rights of Local Inhabitants of the North: International Legal Grounds and legislative Experience of Arctic States

The article argues that, based on relevant international law, a balanced and promising legal policy of Russia and other Arctic states would be to specify such rights with regard to general status and social and economic situation of all local inhabitants of Arctic states. It is counterproductive to...

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Published in:Moscow Journal of International Law
Main Authors: Alexander N. Vylegzhanin, Alisa V. Babina
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Russian
Published: Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) 2014
Subjects:
indigenous peoples
aboriginal peoples
coastal communities
preferential rights
international legal protection
usa
canada
greenland
norway
comparative law studies
Law of nations
KZ2-6785
Comparative law. International uniform law
K520-5582
Arctic
Canada
Greenland
Norway
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.24833/0869-0049-2014-1-62-81
https://doaj.org/article/ffcf1e51efb847c9b322d75ebbc92098
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Summary:The article argues that, based on relevant international law, a balanced and promising legal policy of Russia and other Arctic states would be to specify such rights with regard to general status and social and economic situation of all local inhabitants of Arctic states. It is counterproductive to continue to elaborate isolated legislative provisions on exclusive preferential rights of only indigenous peoples of the North.

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