SOGIP research programme has organised an international workshop in Paris from 29th of June to 1st of July 2011 entitled : "Indigenous Peoples : International developments, governance, legal issues". The workshop took place at EHESS, 105 boulevard Raspail 75006 Paris .
The first day of the workshop centred on the following theme :"Historical trajectories and the recognition of ”Indigenous Peoples", firstly by questioning the general meanings of the terms : « indigenous peoples / pueblos indigenas / peuples autochtones ». Behind those categories : what is now considered acceptable ?, how are those categories instrumentalized, what is their impact on Indigenous Peoples ? Secondly the following topic was presented "Indigenous institutions and national legal traditions : articulations and contradictions".
The second day focussed on the theme "International Indigenous law today : Global, national and local scales". The first session dealt with : "Circulation and appropriation of international standards by the state apparatuses" and the second one : "Local mobilization of indigenous rights : actors, strategies, organizations".
The third day was organised around two round tables involving all participants : « The efficiency of law in Aboriginal Strategies : the construction of a globalized imaginary » and in the afternoon : « Does indigenous governance translate into well-being for indigenous peoples ? resistance and contradictions ».
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