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

• 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

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.