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A Personal Reflection on Indigeneity, Colonisation and the CRPD

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Huhana Hickey provides an account of the different ways in which indigeneity has been defined historically and in contemporary cultural contexts. She uses her own experience to provide a particular case study of Māori cultural perspectives to disability and the impact of colonialism on the lives of persons with disabilities who are also members of indigenous cultures. Hickey argues that the effects of colonialism on this group continue to the present through Government and community failure to take account of and respect the cultural values and beliefs of Māori people and continuing discrimination. As someone involved in the drafting of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD 2006) Hickey explores the unsuccessful attempts made to give the rights of indigenous people with disabilities stronger representation in its articles.

He waka eke noa

(A canoe which we are all in with no exception)

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    Article 21: ‘(1) Indigenous peoples have the right, without discrimination, to the improvement of their economic and social conditions, including, inter alia, in the areas of education, employment, vocational training and retraining, housing, sanitation, health and social security. (2). States shall take effective measures and, where appropriate, special measures to ensure continuing improvement of their economic and social conditions. Particular attention shall be paid to the rights and special needs of indigenous elders, women, youth, children and persons with disabilities’ (UNDRIP 2007, Art. 21). Article 22: ‘(1) Particular attention shall be paid to the rights and special needs of indigenous elders, women, youth, children and persons with disabilities in the implementation of this Declaration. (2) States shall take measures, in conjunction with indigenous peoples, to ensure that indigenous women and children enjoy the full protection and guarantees against all forms of violence and discrimination’ (UNDRIP 2007, Art. 22).

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Hickey, H. (2020). A Personal Reflection on Indigeneity, Colonisation and the CRPD. In: Kakoullis, E.J., Johnson, K. (eds) Recognising Human Rights in Different Cultural Contexts. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0786-1_5

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