Introduction

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book brings together a multi-disciplinary group of Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars with a common interest in UNDRIP to reflect on the achievements, and assesses the future challenges for Indigenous peoples, since the adoption of the UNDRIP in 2007. Indigenous peoples everywhere face numerous challenges and remain some of the most marginalised individuals and communities on earth. Climate change, to which so many extractive industries contribute, impacts on all the world’s inhabitants, Indigenous or not, animal or plant. The UNDRIP represents an undeniable step towards decolonising international law and the United Nations, recognising Indigenous peoples as relevant actors and subjects.