Indigenous Peoples, Keepers of Our Past - Custodians of Our Future

This book is Erica Daes’ personal record on more than twenty years of efforts to promote the cause of indigenous peoples and the recognition of their fundamental rights by the UN system. The author explores the definition of “indigenous peoples"; describe the resurgence of the world’s indigenous peoples in the international arena and review the work accomplished by the United Nations system over the last three decades, including new instruments and machinery for the recognition, and protection of indigenous rights.