Friday, May 18, 2012
International Intervention
Writing at Indian Country Today, Karla E. General examines the
conflict between the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
and US law. In the wake of the Ninth Circuit decision that desecration
of sacred Native sites does not represent a substantial burden to Native
American religious practices, tribes like the Navajo Nation are seeking
review from such bodies as the UN Committee on the Elimination of
Racial Discrimination. As General notes, there is a compelling need
to bring US law into compliance with international human rights law.
Given the bias of the US legal system, relief for the indigenous peoples
within US boundaries requires international intervention.
