From dfh1000@cus.cam.ac.uk Wed May 17 03:48:44 1995 Return-Path: Received: from mx5.u.washington.edu by lists.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.02/UW-NDC Revision: 2.32 ) id AA17815; Wed, 17 May 95 03:48:43 -0700 Received: from bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk by mx5.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.02/UW-NDC Revision: 2.31 ) id AA10560; Wed, 17 May 95 03:48:38 -0700 Received: from apus.cus.cam.ac.uk [131.111.8.2] (ident = root) by bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk with smtp (Smail-3.1.29.0 #36) id m0sBgeP-000C0CC; Wed, 17 May 95 11:48 BST Received: by apus.cus.cam.ac.uk (Smail-3.1.29.0 #36) id m0sBgeI-00034IC; Wed, 17 May 95 11:48 BST Date: Wed, 17 May 1995 11:48:15 +0100 (BST) From: "D.F. Hogg" To: indknow@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: envirolaw&human rights (fwd) In-Reply-To: <199505161651.RAA14418@uxa.liv.ac.uk> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > > As part of an LLM in International Law course at the University of > Liverpool, I am working on a dissertation which concerns the inter_relation > of environmental law with human rights, especially those of indigenous peoples > I would be grateful for any comments on this subject particularly as it raises > sensitive issues of self_detremination and control over resources > For example, it has been said that peoples such as the Inuit are > entitled to hunt whales as an essential part of their way of life, the > endangerment of the species being a result of over exploitation by the > colonisers of their countries. > But what if the continutuion of such indigenous hunting would cause the > species to become extinct (and the culture assimilated?) > > > I am considering using this dissertation as a starting point for a future > research thesis, so i would also be interested to know of organisations > and/or scholarships, that would be prepared to contribute to > or fund such research. > > Thank you for your attention > > C.L Powell > LLM Student > Dept.Law > University of Liverpool > UK > > Just a brief comment on the above. I think that for many indigenous peoples, a key concern with the Earth Summit's Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was that it seemed to confer sovereignty over biological resources. I imagine that although there may be legislation in place in Canada to protect the rights of indigenous peoples to harvest animal species that there may be other countries in which the legal framework provided by the CBD could be used to take away those rights on grounds that such resources were under sovereign control. I'd be interested to hear from anyone who has any comments on this and might be able to clarify the issue. Dominic Hogg Soc and Pol Sciences Cambridge University UK .