Tables of Treaties, Cases and Communications -- Affiliation of Contributors -- Introduction by Gudmundur Alfredsson -- Part I Human Rights Instruments & Indigenous Peoples -- Indigenous Peoples' Rights under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Martin Scheinin) -- The Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Indigenous Peoples and Caste/Descent-Based Discrimination (Patrick Thornberry) -- Indigenous Peoples in International Law and Organizations (Lee Swepston) -- Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues: 'Welcome to the Family of the UN' (Les Malezer) -- Part II Specific Issues Affecting Indigenous Peoples -- The 'Right' to Land, International Law & Indigenous Peoples (Joshua Castellino) -- Cultural Genocide and the Protection of the Right of Existence of Aboriginal and Indigenous Groups (William A. Schabas) -- '... another box of tjuringas under the bed': The Appropriation of Aboriginal Cultural Property to Benefit Non-Indigenous Interests (Mark Harris) -- Part III Indigenous Peoples in Domestic Jurisdictions -- Australia -- Indigenous Sustainability: Rights, Obligations, and a CollectiveCommitment to Country159 (Steve Kinnane) -- Canada -- Aboriginal Self-Government in Canada: Reconciling Rights to Political Participation and Indigenous Cultural Integrity (Alexis P. Kontos) -- Mexico -- Multicultural Legislation and Indigenous Autonomy in Oaxaca, Mexico (Alejandro Anaya-Muñoz) -- Nicaragua -- The Case of the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua: The Awas Tingni Case, or Realizing that a Good Legal System of Protection of Land Rights Is No Guarantee of Effective Implementation (Christina Binder) -- India -- The Blur of a Distinction: Adivasis Experience with Land Rights, Self-Rule and Autonomy (Jérémine Gilbert) -- Bangladesh.

The Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord and the Long Road to Peace: A Case Study (Faustina Pereira) -- Nigeria -- Self-Determination v. State Sovereignty: A Critique of the African Commission's Decision in the Ogoni Case (Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua) -- South Africa -- Self-Determination and Minority Rights in South Africa (Vinodh Jaichand) -- Kenya -- Indigenous Battling for Land Rights: The Case of the Ogiek of Kenya (Albert K. Barume) -- Part IV Conclusion -- Conclusion (Joshua Castellino and Niamh Walsh).