Booktopia - Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Michel Streich, 9781741758450

Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

By: Michel Streich

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ISBN: 9781741758450

Format: Hardcover
Published: September 2009

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A vivid and strikingly illustrated edition of the United Nation's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - a tool for peace and justice, based upon mutual recognition and mutual respect - this is a statement of hope, belief and purpose and an important document for our time.

On 13 September 2007 the General Assembly of the United Nations, with an overwhelming majority of votes, adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

The Declaration was over 22 years in the making. Its purpose, as described by the UN, is to set an important standard for the treatment of indigenous peoples and to act as a significant tool in eliminating human rights violations against the planet's over 350 million indigenous people, while assisting them in combating discrimination and marginalisation.

Only four countries voted against it: the USA, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. In 2009, the Australian Government decided to endorse this landmark Declaration.

With the same insight that he brought to The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Michel Streich's simple yet moving illustrations add powerful resonance to this highly topical and controversial issue.

The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is a clear and strong statement of hope, belief and purpose - an important document for our time.

About Michel Streich
Michel Streich is a professional illustrator. Born in Germany, he worked in Germany then London for several years before moving to Australia in 2000 basing himself in Sydney. He has illustrated books for Harper Collins (UK), Macmillan (US) and Bertelsmann and Westermann in Germany. He also contributes to magazines and newspapers including the Sydney Morning Herald, Sun-Herald, The Age, the Australian Financial Review, Australian Gourmet Traveller, The Big Issue and the Financial Times. His illustrated book The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was published by Allen & Unwin in 2008.