Studies in International Minority and Group Rights Perspective on Indigenous Religious

This book is the first large-scale comparative study to provide a comprehensive portrait of indigenous religious rights around the world, both in terms of recent political advances and persistent social obstacles to the implementation of legal protections for these rights. What is the status of indigenous religious rights in the world today? Despite important legal advances in the protection of indigenous religious beliefs and practices at the international and national levels, there are still many obstacles to the full implementation of these provisions. Using a unique large-scale comparative approach, this book aims to identify the fundamental issues that characterize the law of indigenous religions in several countries, as well as certain avenues that may prove useful in state implementation of the provisions of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples regarding practice, promotion, transmission, protection, and access to spiritual heritage.