How Indigenous Nation-Building Can Strengthen Indigenous Holistic Health Outcomes: Retelling the Right to Health

The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) has declared that Indigenous peoples and populations inherently possess a right to health. Such a right does not merely exist with reference to physical health. The General Assembly of the United Nations when adopting the UN...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: McMillan, Mark, McMillan, Faye, Rigney, Sophie
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Umeå University Library 2017
Subjects:
Indigenous health
self-determination
Indigenous nation building
Indigenous governance
UNDRIP
Journal of Northern Studies
Online Access:https://journals.ub.umu.se/index.php/jns/article/view/851
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Summary:The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) has declared that Indigenous peoples and populations inherently possess a right to health. Such a right does not merely exist with reference to physical health. The General Assembly of the United Nations when adopting the UNDRIP requires the meaning of “health” to be expansive and also be characterised as a collective right. This article will provide a particular framework for understanding the right to health for Indigenous peoples as a collective right, which exists in a symbiotic relationship with the rights to greater self-determination and governance.

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