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Database of court & tribunal decisions relating to indigenous peoples

Writing about web page http://www.dundee.ac.uk/cepmlp/mining/indigenous/

The Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP) has launched a database of court/tribunal decisions dealing with documents involving indigenous parties (eg. treaties, impact & benefit agreements, petitions, land use agreements). The database can help parties working with developer-indigenous relations, by identifying relevant decisions and commentary on courts' approaches to indigenous agreements.

The database is free and fully searchable and can be accessed here, along with general information about the work:

http://www.dundee.ac.uk/cepmlp/mining/indigenous/

This database has been compiled from over 200 cases and articles from courts/tribunals in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States of America. The decisions collated for the database are those that interpret or apply documents involving indigenous parties. The database shows, for each decision:

·      a brief summary of the decision (including URL where available);

·      the details of the document(s) involving indigenous parties; and

·      a summary of the court's/tribunal's engagement with that document.

Research for the database was conducted with the assistance of funding from the Nuffield Foundation, a charitable trust with the aim of advancing social well-being. It funds research and innovation, predominantly in social policy and education. It has supported this project, but the views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Foundation. More information is available at www.nuffieldfoundation.org

Helen Riley : 05 Mar 2010 13:51 |  Tags: ; Cases; Databases; Indigenous Law Rights; Tribunals; Websites |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem