1st Edition

Indigenous Identity, Human Rights, and the Environment in Myanmar Local Engagement with Global Rights Discourses

By Jonathan Liljeblad Copyright 2022
150 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

150 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

150 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book draws on the experiences of the indigenous movement in Myanmar to explore how the local construction of indigenous identities connects communities to global mechanisms for addressing human rights and environmental issues. Various communities in Myanmar have increasingly adapted international discourses of indigenous identity as a vehicle to access international legal mechanisms to... Read more

Chapter 1: Introduction: Research Design and Methodology

Chapter 2: The Construction of Indigenous Identity in Myanmar: Local Adaptation of International Discourses of Indigeneity

Chapter 3: Myanmar Indigenous Engagement with the United Nations Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review

Chapter 4: Myanmar Indigenous Engagement with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Chapter 5: Conclusion: Implications and Directions for Future Research

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Jonathan Liljeblad is Associate Professor at the Australian National University College of Law. He is the co-editor of Indigenous Perspectives on Sacred Natural Sites (Routledge, 2019) and co-editor of Food Systems Governance (Routledge, 2016). Born under the name Nanda Zaw Win, he is a member of the Pa-Oh indigenous peoples of Shan State, Myanmar.