Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 4, The Future We Want: Indigenous Women of the World Unite, December 2013, p. [?]
Description
Outlined the issues, challenges and barriers linked to the UN advisory body that aids in the promotion and protection of the rights of Indigenous peoples.
Compares the situation in Australia, Canada and the United States, as well the differing approaches to the high rate of Aboriginal incarceration and recidivism.
Reports on whether to apply customary laws to Aboriginals and whether Aboriginal communities should have the power to apply customary laws for punishment and rehabilitation of Aboriginals. Recommends Aboriginal people have the final say in the recognition of customary law.
File contains a presentation by Leonard Mandamin. He discusses the nature of the justice system in Canada, the cultural diversity of Aboriginal peoples, and the problems with the term "system," the history of European legal systems relationship with Aboriginal justice, and discusses various models used in the United States, Australia, Canada, and closes by stating that "it is not a question of a unified system or of separate Aboriginal systems...It is a matter of recognizing existing authority and human rights."