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Self Determination of Indigenous People Essay

   

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SELF DETERMINATIONOF INDIGENOUSPEOPLE

Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1Indigenous people...................................................................................................................1Self determination..................................................................................................................4Right for self determination....................................................................................................5Self-determination for the indigenous people........................................................................6Kosovo’s independence recognised in 2011 by the UN.........................................................8Kosovo war...........................................................................................................................10Post war................................................................................................................................11Minorities and their self-determination................................................................................12CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13

INTRODUCTIONIndigenous people are those people which have their unique and own culture, tradition,language, ethics etc. They are native or aboriginal to the area they live in and are culturallydistinct communities and societies. The report induces the right of self-determination ofindigenous people where they have right to determine the own social, economic and culturaldevelopment1. The report also consist the Kosovo independence where minority people areSerbs and they should have given the right of self-determination.Indigenous peopleIt is being estimated that in the 70 countries, there are more than 370 million peopleare indigenous in all over the world. These are the people which practice unique tradition andretain cultural, economic, social and political features and that are different from thosesocieties they live. They are spread across the whole world from the Arctic to the southpacific. Mostly these people live in the remote areas of the globe. These are divided into morethan 5000 people who rang from the forest people of the Amazon to the tribal people of theIndia and from the American Indian of the Arctic to the native Australian in Australia2. Theyare not necessarily claim to be only the native people of the countries but they are native oraboriginal to the area they live in, being posterity of those individual that inhabited a districtprior to colonisation of the present state. These people are those who have their own culture,values, religion, ethics, language, political and social institution that are distinct from thosepeople that live in the mainstream society. There are very important dis-similarities in theiridentity and rights, while they feel same experience of the marginalisation and determinationas to the other ethnic minorities. They are culturally distinct communities and societies3. 1 Al-Busaidi, Al-Mutasem Hilal. "The Kosovo War, NATO Involvement." (2016).2 Cheyne, Russell. "Steelworks reopened in Scotland." Australia's Paydirt 1, no. 244 (2016):74.3 Cross, Matthew E. "Equipping the Specialist Chambers of Kosovo to Try TransnationalCrimes: Remarks on Independence and Cooperation." Journal of International CriminalJustice 14, no. 1 (2016): 73-100.1

The resources they use and the land at which they survive are according to theirculture, identity, physical, spiritual wellbeing and livelihood. They are 5% of the globalpeople out of which 15% are externally poor. They use occupy, own and use one third land ofthe world and safeguard 80 % of the world's biodiversity. Some of them are biologicallycrucial waters and lands are intact as a result of Indigenous Peoples’ position4. They have vitalinheritable expertise and knowledge to that how to move, adopt and decrease the risk for thenatural disaster and climate change. Thus, only a portion of theseareas are formallyacknowledged by states, whether they are area where those Peoplestraditionally possessedunder customary title.Access to the good resource governance, capacity building and tenure to the otherintervention will enhance their situation. This will need, sustainable economic livelihood andgrowth, culturally appropriate conservation and development as well as techniques to addressthe multiple factors of disadvantage which is taken into view for the special need of thedevelopment5. While consideration of the diversity of the indigenous people, indigenous isdefined as people which is not adopted by any system or body. The modern understanding ofthis term is based on the different aspect that are as follows: The self-identification of the indigenous people at the individual level is approved bythe community and their member.They have strong connection to the different surroundings and territories naturalresourcesThey follow different social political and cultural system.They have different language beliefs and culture.They form non dominant group of society4 Edwards, Sarah. "Reconciliation as a form of Cultural Catharsis: The Role of Theater inRevitalizing Kosovo-Serbian Relations." (2016).5 House, Freedom. "Nations in Transit 2017-Kosovo." Democracy 6, no. 6.00 (2017): 6-00.2

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