ABSTRACT
This chapter applies the theoretical framework of this volume to an analysis of how indigenous peoples (IPs) have used and continue to use the UN. As with NLMs in the previous chapter, these NSAs have drawn on the IO to challenge the prevailing institution of state sovereignty, basing their demands on self-determination and human rights from which they had been excluded. This chapter tracks the evolution of how IPs accessed and participated at the UN from the early 1970s to date. It similarly draws particular attention to how independent human rights experts, UN Secretary staff, and state allies worked from within the IGO to support IP advocacy.
