Study on treaties [...] between States and indigenous peoples

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<OPTION VALUE="nix">------------------ <OPTION VALUE="treatystudy4I.html#intro">Introduction <OPTION VALUE="treatystudy4I.html#c1">Chapter I: Some key points of departure <OPTION VALUE="treatystudy4II.html#c2">Chapter II: Summary of findings <OPTION VALUE="treatystudy4II.html#c2a">     a: Treaties/Agreements between Indi- <OPTION VALUE="treatystudy4II.html#c2a">         genous peoples and States <OPTION VALUE="treatystudy4II.html#c2b">     b: Other constructive arrangements <OPTION VALUE="treatystudy4II.html#c2c">     c: Situations lacking specific bilateral le- <OPTION VALUE="treatystudy4II.html#c2c">         gal instruments to govern relations be- <OPTION VALUE="treatystudy4II.html#c2c">         tween Indigenous peoples and States <OPTION VALUE="treatystudy4III.html#c3">Chapter III: A look at the present: Origin, <OPTION VALUE="treatystudy4III.html#c3">     development and consequences of the <OPTION VALUE="treatystudy4III.html#c3">     domestication process <OPTION VALUE="treatystudy4IV.html#c4">Chapter IV: Looking ahead: Conclusions <OPTION VALUE="treatystudy4IV.html#c4">     and recommendations <OPTION VALUE="treatystudy_n4.html">Notes </SELECT> </FORM> </TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="MIDDLE"> <FORM NAME="Auswahl2" TARGET="_top"> <FONT FACE="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"> <SELECT NAME="Kapitel" STYLE="font: 12px helvetica,arial,sans-serif" onChange="linkto2()" TARGET="_top"> <OPTION VALUE="nix" CHECKED>Parts 1-3 are also available online! <OPTION VALUE="nix">------------------ <OPTION VALUE="http://www.halcyon.com/pub/FWDP/International/untrtstd.txt">Part 1 (Fourth World Documentation Project) <OPTION VALUE="http://www.halcyon.com/pub/FWDP/International/untrtst2.txt">Part 2 (Fourth World Documentation Project) <OPTION VALUE="http://www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/TestFrame/9f01a3177e8f1d9f802566ac005d4795?Opendocument">Teil 3 (UN High Comm./Human Rights) </SELECT> </FORM> </TD></TR> </TABLE> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000"> Here is the unabridged text of this pioneering study. Prof. Miguel Alfonso Martínez is explaining in this last part 4, why the contracts of the European colonisers and their decendants with Indigenous Peoples are <I>contracts under international law</I>, equal in status to contracts between e.g. Germany and France, and what effects arise from this. It is easy to image the grave consequences this has for countries like the USA, Canada, but also for Europe. All of a sudden the »old« contracts are no longer domestic issues, but pacts between sovereign governments. Now the translation of this study into action is of the essence, to use as much momentum from it as possible. <P> <SMALL><FONT FACE="helvetica,arial,sans-serif" SIZE="1"> A note to the web masters of other Internet sites and anyone wishing to place links to the treaty study on our site: Every chapter is stored in a separate HTML file, identified by it's name. 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