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- Title
FIRST NATIONS PEOPLES, CLIMATE CHANGE, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LEGAL RIGHTS.
- Authors
BEDFORD, NARELLE; MCAVOY, TONY; STEVENSON-GRAF, LINDSEY
- Abstract
This article provides a First Nations standpoint on climate change, informed by human rights law and legal education. It is co-authored by a Yuin woman who is a law academic, a Wirdi man who is a Queens Counsel, and a human rights law academic. The article argues that for any responses to climate change to be effective, they must be grounded in the perspectives, knowledge, and rights of First Nations peoples. The utility of human rights instruments to protect First Nation interests in a climate change milieu is explored at the international and domestic levels. Concomitantly, structural change must begin with the Indigenisation of legal education and the embedding of legal responses to climate change into the law curriculum. A holistic approach is necessary.
- Subjects
CLIMATE change; HUMAN rights; LEGAL rights; LEGAL education
- Publication
University of Queensland Law Journal, 2021, Vol 40, Issue 3, p371
- ISSN
0083-4041
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.38127/uqlj.v40i3.6125