Indigenous Women and International Human Rights Law: The Challenges of Colonialism, Cultural Survival and Self Determination

This paper considers the relationship between feminist norms embodied in international human rights law and the right to self-determination of Indigenous peoples. The author questions whether realizing the right to self- determination of Indigenous groups will promote the ability of these groups to violate the rights of vulnerable group members. In doing so, she contemplates the interaction between the rights affirmed in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and women, as a vulnerable group. The article grounds the discussion in the paramount value of equality in international human rights.