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Lost lands? : (land) rights of the San in Botswana and the legal concept of indigeneity in Africa
Verlorenes Land. English
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- Creator
- Manuela Zips-Mairitsch ; [translated into English by: Daniel Stevens]
- Format
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- English
- Publication
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- Copenhagen : IWGIA, International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs ; Zürich : Lit, 2013
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- 430 pages : 52 fig. (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9783643902443, 3643902441, 9788792786357, 8792786359
- OCLC
- ocn854556109
- Series statement and series numbering missing in the book (African studies).
- Revised English translation.
- Revised thesis (doctoral) - Universität, Wien, 2008.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Indigenous peoples in international law -- Historical overview -- "Indigenous peoples" : term, concepts, and definitions -- Differentiation from the term "Minority" -- Special indigenous rights or special circumstances? : indigenous protection standards, rights of freedom, and self-determination -- Sources of law -- Binding norms -- ILO convention 169 -- UN convention on biological diversity -- "Soft law" instruments -- Agenda 21, chapter 26 (1992) -- UN declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples -- Declarations and policies of various international bodies -- Indigenous rights as part of customary international law -- "Sources of Life" : lands and natural resources -- Material standards of protection -- Cause of action -- The relationship between indigenous peoples and their territories -- Collective land rights -- Scope of indigenous territories -- Restriction of alienation and disposal -- Universal human rights treaties -- Right of ownership -- Right to culture -- Right to private and family life -- Jurisdiction of international monitoring bodies -- Human rights committee -- Committee on the elimination of racial discrimination -- Sources of freedom and equality : self-determination -- "Being indigenous in Africa" : legal developments of indigenous peoples law in Africa -- Nature conservation v. human rights protection -- African initiatives for the protection of indigenous rights -- "Indigenous peoples in Africa" : applying the concept -- Indigenous rights in the African context -- Regional indigenous rights -- The African charter on human and peoples' rights -- The African commission on human and peoples' rights -- The African court on human and peoples' rights -- National indigenous rights -- Selected constitutional guarantees -- Jurisdiction using the example of South Africa -- The case of the ... Khomani San -- Richtersveld case -- Excursus : "Aboriginal title" -- "Aboriginal title" before the South African constitutional -- Court -- "Hoodia Gordonii" case -- Legal perspectives of San Communities -- Terminology : San, "Bushmen", Basarwa, Khoesan, N/oakwe or Kwe? -- Historical overview until the end of colonial times -- Regional historical differences -- Botswana -- Namibia -- South Africa -- The "Northern San" -- Refiections on indigenous legal perspectives and world views -- Botswana : state and society -- Sociopolitical history -- Pre-colonial phase -- Protectorate bechuanaland -- Republic of botswana -- Sources of law and legal pluralism -- Constitutional law -- Customary law -- Common and statutory law -- International law -- Fundamental and human rights -- San in Botswana -- San as citizens : Basarwa and/or Batswana? -- Dominant views of the San in Botswana -- Development policies -- Remote area development programme -- Community based natural resource management -- Development : nature conservation : a contradiction? -- NGO initiatives -- National San NGOs -- Regional San NGOs -- "The lost lands" : relocation from the central Kalahari game reserve -- History of the central Kalahari game reserve -- The relocation of the G wi and Gana (San) -- The legal dispute over the (temporarily?) "Lost lands" -- Roy Sesana v. government of Botswana -- Termination of basic and essential services -- Restoration of basic and essential services -- Lawful occupation -- Deprivation of land possession -- Special game licences -- Access to the central Kalahari game reserve (CKGR) -- Conclusions -- Consequences of the high Court's decision : summary -- The legal dispute over access to water -- Matsipane Mosetlhanyane, Gakenyatsiwe Matsipane & further applicants v. Attorney general of Botswana -- Matsipane Mosetlhanyane & Gakenyatsiwe Matsipane v. Attorney General of Botswana, court of appeal -- Consequences of the courts' decisions : summary -- Conclusion -- The return of the outlaws : an Epilogue by Werner zips -- Appendix -- Examples of indigenous peoples in Africa (not exhaustive!) -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- (Selected) legal texts -- International instruments -- National laws, regulations and policies -- Court cases -- Interviews -- Index of figures -- Index -- About the authors
Subjects
- San (African people) -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Botswana.
- San (African people) -- Land tenure -- Botswana.
- Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Africa.
- Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Botswana.
- San (African people) -- Botswana -- Government relations.
- San (African people) -- Botswana -- Social conditions.