One Valley, Three Hands: The Bilateral Negotiations of the Deatnu Agreement and Its Impact on Sami People's Rights
The salmon stocks of the Deatnu River, in the core area of Sápmi, the traditional lands of the Sami people, have been designated as critically endangered. In November 2011, Norway and Finland agreed to renegotiate the agreement that regulates salmon fishing in the Deatnu River. This article explores...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:doaj.org/article:d1f9bd826e994c99af184a71402b3d91 2023-05-15T14:22:40+02:00 One Valley, Three Hands: The Bilateral Negotiations of the Deatnu Agreement and Its Impact on Sami People's Rights Áike Niillas Peder Selfors 2015-03-01 https://doi.org/10.17585/arctic.v6.59 https://doaj.org/article/d1f9bd826e994c99af184a71402b3d91 en no eng nor Cappelen Damm Akademisk NOASP 2387-4562 doi:10.17585/arctic.v6.59 https://doaj.org/article/d1f9bd826e994c99af184a71402b3d91 undefined Arctic Review on Law and Politics, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 1-22 (2015) Deatnu Finland indigenous peoples international border areas international human rights international negotiations Norway Sami salmon droit scipo Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2015 fttriple https://doi.org/10.17585/arctic.v6.59 2023-01-22T19:36:26Z The salmon stocks of the Deatnu River, in the core area of Sápmi, the traditional lands of the Sami people, have been designated as critically endangered. In November 2011, Norway and Finland agreed to renegotiate the agreement that regulates salmon fishing in the Deatnu River. This article explores the safeguards under international human rights law that are available to the Sami people in the Deatnu Valley in connection with this renegotiation process. Since the Sami people are recognized as an indigenous people in both countries, the negotiations touch upon several core issues of indigenous peoples’ rights, amongst these: the principle of self-determination, the principle of non-discrimination, and indigenous issues related to international border regulations. The article shows that the ongoing negotiations’ structure and preparations, to all appearances, have violated the rights of the Sami people. Consequently, risking a dissemination of further violations of Sami people's rights—both, in regards to the negotiation process, and in what may be the new Deatnu Agreement. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic review on law and politics sami Unknown Norway Arctic Review on Law and Politics 6 0 |
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The salmon stocks of the Deatnu River, in the core area of Sápmi, the traditional lands of the Sami people, have been designated as critically endangered. In November 2011, Norway and Finland agreed to renegotiate the agreement that regulates salmon fishing in the Deatnu River. This article explores the safeguards under international human rights law that are available to the Sami people in the Deatnu Valley in connection with this renegotiation process. Since the Sami people are recognized as an indigenous people in both countries, the negotiations touch upon several core issues of indigenous peoples’ rights, amongst these: the principle of self-determination, the principle of non-discrimination, and indigenous issues related to international border regulations. The article shows that the ongoing negotiations’ structure and preparations, to all appearances, have violated the rights of the Sami people. Consequently, risking a dissemination of further violations of Sami people's rights—both, in regards to the negotiation process, and in what may be the new Deatnu Agreement. |
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