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MS 3510
Seminars on the ‘Rights of Peoples’
Access
Open access – Reading. Open copying and quotation -
copyright conditions. [Access code: A1 B5]
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Scope and
Content Note
Date range: 1985
Extent: 8 cm (1 box)
The papers were donated to the Institute by Dr. Nancy
Williams.
The collection consists of revised versions of papers
delivered at the Seminar on ‘Rights of the Peoples’ held under the auspices
of the Australian National Commission of UNESCO and the Australian Society
for Legal Philosophy in Sydney on 28 and 29 March 1985. It also contains the
papers of the second Seminar on ‘Rights of the Peoples’ held in Canberra on
14 and 15 June 1985. The papers from the March seminar provided the basic
documentation for the June seminar.
The topics covered by the papers included human,
individual, cultural and Indigenous people's rights and the right to
self-determination.
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DESCRIPTIONS
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1 |
List of discussion groups for June seminar 1985 |
2 |
Program for June seminar 1985 |
3 |
List of participants [date unknown] |
4 |
‘Aspects of the right to self determination: some
comments on South Africa and Ireland’, by Kevin Boyle |
5 |
‘’Peoples’ and ‘populations’: Indigenous peoples and
the rights of peoples’, by Garth Nettheim |
6 |
‘Cultural rights as peoples rights’, by Lyndel V.
Prott |
7 |
‘The rights of ‘peoples’s’ and individual rights:
conflict or harmony’, by Gillian Triggs |
8 |
‘Communication by Amadou-Mahtar M’Bow on the theme
‘Human rights and the rights of peoples’ (25.10.84) |
9 |
‘Address by the Minister for Education, Senator Susan
Ryan, at the opening of the Australian National Commission for Unesco
Symposium on the Rights of Peoples, Canberra, 14 June 1985’ |
10-11 |
Program for June seminar (2 copies)
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12 |
Documents distributed to seminar participants as
background documents, comprising:
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Universal Declaration of the Rights of Peoples, Algiers, 4 July
1976 (Algiers Declaration). Photocopied Appendix from unknown
source
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‘Organization of African Unity: Banjul Charter on Human and Peoples’
rights’, 27 June 1981
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Unesco Panel of Counsellors on Major Programme XIII, Peace,
International Understanding, Human Rights and Rights of Peoples,
‘Advice and recommendations’, Paris, 15-18 January 1985
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Unesco Panel of Counsellors on Major Programme XIII ‘Advice and
recommendations’, Paris, 15-18 January 1985
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13 |
‘‘’Peoples’
and ‘populations’: Indigenous peoples and the rights of peoples’, by
Garth Nettheim [photocopy. Also held as Item 5] and letter sent with
documents for the June Symposium. Also
'ALRU [Aboriginal Law Research Unit] briefing paper Defending Aboriginal
cultures’ (1983), containing a brief introduction and a reproduction of
the of the 'Declaration of San Jose' and letter about the seminar |
14 |
Letter of invitation to June seminar sent to Nancy
Williams, biographical note for principal guest Richard Falk and program
for the second seminar |
15 |
‘The rights of peoples in modern international law’,
by Ian Brownlie |
16 |
Media release on the March Seminar |
17 |
Program for first seminar, 28.3.85 |
18 |
Bulletin of the Australian Society of Legal
Philosophy, v.9, no. 33, June 1985 special issue, ‘The Rights of
peoples’. The issue contains revised versions of papers delivered at the
first seminar held on 28 and 29 March 1985. The special issue provided
basic documentation for the second seminar held in June 1985. The issue
contains
‘Introduction’, by M.D. Kirby
‘The rights of peoples in modern
international law’, by Ian Brownlie
‘The right to development: a right of
peoples?’, by Roland Rich
‘The rights of peoples’: peoples or
governments?’ by James Crawford
‘Human rights: people’s rights’, Eugene
Kamenka
‘Three comments’, by P. Bailey, K.
Taperell, H.C. Coombs
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Finding Aid compiled by J. E. Churches, March 2002
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