Reparations for Indigenous Peoples in Europe: The Case of the Sami People
This chapter examines the practice of reparations for indigenous peoples in Europe, devoting special attention to the case of the Smi people (living in the Northern countries of the European continent). It suggests that compared to the American continent, Europe, on the whole, appears to have been l...
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ftunivtasecite:oai:ecite.utas.edu.au:119636 2023-05-15T18:12:02+02:00 Reparations for Indigenous Peoples in Europe: The Case of the Sami People Errico, S Hocking, BA 2012 https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199235605.003.0018 http://ecite.utas.edu.au/119636 en eng Oxford University Press http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199235605.003.0018 Errico, S and Hocking, BA, Reparations for Indigenous Peoples in Europe: The Case of the Sami People, Reparations for Indigenous Peoples: International and Comparative Perspectives, Oxford University Press, F Lenzerini (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 477-522. ISBN 978-019169666-4 (2012) [Research Book Chapter] http://ecite.utas.edu.au/119636 Law and Legal Studies Law Law not elsewhere classified Research Book Chapter NonPeerReviewed 2012 ftunivtasecite https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199235605.003.0018 2019-12-13T22:18:49Z This chapter examines the practice of reparations for indigenous peoples in Europe, devoting special attention to the case of the Smi people (living in the Northern countries of the European continent). It suggests that compared to the American continent, Europe, on the whole, appears to have been less concerned about indigenous issues and accordingly slower in dealing with them. In Europe, the discourse of indigenous peoples has in fact traditionally been approached within the broader context of minority rights. However, a positive trend has recently been inaugurated in some Northern countries with respect to the Smi people, through the recognition of their right of ownership of ancestral lands at the judicial level as well as of the Smi Parliaments as means of cultural autonomy (although lacking territorial jurisdiction). Book Part sami sami eCite UTAS (University of Tasmania) |
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This chapter examines the practice of reparations for indigenous peoples in Europe, devoting special attention to the case of the Smi people (living in the Northern countries of the European continent). It suggests that compared to the American continent, Europe, on the whole, appears to have been less concerned about indigenous issues and accordingly slower in dealing with them. In Europe, the discourse of indigenous peoples has in fact traditionally been approached within the broader context of minority rights. However, a positive trend has recently been inaugurated in some Northern countries with respect to the Smi people, through the recognition of their right of ownership of ancestral lands at the judicial level as well as of the Smi Parliaments as means of cultural autonomy (although lacking territorial jurisdiction). |
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Reparations for Indigenous Peoples in Europe: The Case of the Sami People |
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