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The Orang Asli and the UNDRIP from rhetoric to recognition

This book looks at the application of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) on the First Peoples of Peninsular Malaysia. The UNDRIP ascribes many rights to the Orang Asli as an indigenous people. However, despite Malaysia adopting this declaration, there is an e...

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Main Authors: Nicholas, Colin 1955- (Author), Jenita Engi (Author), Teh, Yen Ping (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Subang Jaya, Selangor Jaringan Orang Asli Semalaysia 2010
Subjects:
United Nations. > General Assembly. > Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous peoples > Legal status, laws, etc. > Malaysia
Indigenous peoples > Civil rights > Malaysia
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Table of Contents:
  • The UNDRIP and Malaysia
  • The Orang Asli as a people
  • Orang Asli indigenousness linked to land
  • The Orang Asli in historical context
  • The Orang Asli situation today
  • Development policies and strategies for the Orang Asli
  • Orang Asli rights in the constitution and the courts
  • The Government of Malaysia and the UNDRIP
  • The issue of non-recognition as indigenous peoples
  • Gaps in the application of the UNDRIP
  • So what now?

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