Legal and Scientific Resources for Indigenous Peoples

Cases

Australia -- Mabo v Queensland (No 2) ("Mabo case") [1992] HCA 23, (1992) 175 CLR 1 (1992.06.03) (High Court of Australia) (Decision)
Australia -- Mabo v Queensland [1988] HCA 69; (1989) 166 CLR 186 (1988.12.08) (High Court of Australia) (Decision)
Belize -- Aurelio Cal, et al. v. Attorney General of Belize, Supreme Court of Belize (Claims No. 171 and 172 of 2007) (18 Oct 2007) (Mayan land rights)
Botswana -- Mosetlhanyane v. Attorney General, Civil Appeal No. CACLB-074-10 (2011.01.27) (Court of Appeal) (access to water on ancestral lands)
Colombia -- Sentencia 169 de 2001
Colombia -- Sentencia SU-039 of 1997 (the U`wa case)
Colombia -- Sentencia T-652 de 1998 (the Urra case)
Costa Rica -- Exp. 00-000543-0007-CO (espanol) (annulling offshore oil exploration license awarded by government) (8 September 2000)
Costa Rica -- Exp. 00-000543-0007-CO (espanol) (modifying annulment) (11 November 2000)
Costa Rica -- Exp. No. 6667-S-96 Voto No. 3515-97 (CONAI budget) (espanol)
Costa Rica -- Exp. Nº 4320-P-92 Nº2253-96 (espanol) (indigenous representation on CONAI)
Denmark -- HINGITAQ 53 vs. Denmark, Application No. 18584/04 (decision from European Court of Human Rights as to admissibility of application)
Denmark -- Report of the Committee set up to examine the representation alleging non-observance by Denmark of ILO 169 (2000) (relocation of the population of the Uummannaq community in the Thule District of Greenland)
Denmark -- Supreme Court of Denmark, Decision of November 28, 2003, in cases 489/1999 and 490/1999, Hingitaq 53 v. The Danish Prime Minister’s Office
Ecuador -- Petition challenging constitutionality of Mining Law (17 March 2009) (english translation of CONAIE petition)
Guatemala -- Expediente 1072-2011, Corte de Constitucionalidad, en Calidad de Tribunal Extraordinario de Amparo (1-12-2011)
Guatemala -- OPINION CONSULTIVA RELATIVA AL CONVENIO NÚM. 169 SOBRE PUEBLOS INDíGENAS Y TRIBALES EN PAISES INDEPENDIENTES Y CONVENIO No. 169 (OIT), Exp. 199-95 (Abril 1995)
Inter American -- Mayagna (Sumo) Awas Tingni Community v. Nicaragua (2001) (Inter American Court of Human Rights - Eng. translation)
Inter American -- Mayagna (Sumo) Awas Tingni Community v. Nicaragua (2001) (Inter American Court of Human Rights - Esp/Sp)
Kenya -- Ogiek People v. District Commissioner Case No. 238/1999 (2000.03.23) (Indigenous Rights to Tinet Forest)
Mexico -- Controversia Constitional 344/2001 (6/9/2002) (la Ley de Derechos y Cultura Indígena)
Norway -- Erik Anderson v. The Norwegian State, No. 5B/2001 (5 Oct. 2001) (“Svartskogen” case)
Norway -- Jon Inge Sirum v. Esslan Reindeer Pasturing District, No. 4B/2001 (21 June 2001) ("Selbu" case/Sami herding rights)
Paraguay -- Corte IDH, Caso Comunidad Indígena Yakye Axa Vs. Paraguay (17 de junio de 2005) (espanol)
Paraguay -- I/A Court H.R., Case of the Yakye Axa Indigenous Community v. Paraguay (June 15, 2005) (english version)
Peru -- Menace to the water resources and indigenous communities as a result of the construction of the “Ingahuasi” water collecting canal. Provinces of Huancavelica, Castrorreyna and Huaytara, Huancavelica Region (2007)
Peru -- Amenaza a los recursos hídricos y comunidades autóctonas por la construcción del Canal Colector Ingahuasi del Proyecto Choclococha. Provincias de Huancavelica, Castrorreyna y Huaytará, Región de Huancavelica. República del Perú (2007)
Philippines -- Isagani Cruz and Cesar Europa v. Sec. of Environment and Natural Resources, et al.
U.S. -- U.S. v. State of Washington, Case No. CV 9213RSM (Order on Cross Motions for Summary Judgment) (27 August 2007) (Right to "take" fish includes right that fish shall survive to be taken)

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