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This chapter offers a brief introduction to the concept, characteristics and situation of indigenous peoples in the world today. This text is an entry in the Oxford Encyclopedia of Human Rights, published in 2009.
This chapter was first published in 2009 as: “Indigenous Peoples”, in: David P. Forsythe (Ed.): Oxford Encyclopedia of Human Rights, Vol. 3: Index on Censorship-Minority Rights: Overview (Oxford–NewYork: Oxford University Press): 17–27. The permission to republish this text was granted on 25 July 2012 by Ms. Mary Bergin-Cartwright, Permissions Manager, Oxford University Press, USA.
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Stavenhagen, R. (2013). Indigenous Peoples: An Introduction (2009). In: The Emergence of Indigenous Peoples. SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice(), vol 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34144-1_3
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