The continuous process of recognition and implementation of the Sami people's right to self-determination

Autor:	John B Henriksen
Rok vydání:	2008
Předmět:	Kola peninsula Process (engineering) media_common.quotation_subject Political science Political Science and International Relations Identity (social science) Gender studies Optimal distinctiveness theory International law Livelihood Democracy Indigenous media_common
Zdroj:	Cambridge Review of International Affairs. 21:27-40
ISSN:	1474-449X 0955-7571
DOI:	10.1080/09557570701828402
Popis:	This paper explores the status of the recognition and implementation of the Sami people's right to self-determination. The Sami are the indigenous people of Finland, Norway, Sweden and the Kola Peninsula in the north-western region of Russia. They are one people residing across national borders, enjoying a distinctive identity, language, history, culture and social structure, as well as unique traditions, livelihoods and aspirations. Their distinctiveness has given rise to their claim to self-determination based on conventional principles and instruments of international law. But where their right to self-determination has been gradually recognized by Finland, Norway and Sweden, Russia remains reluctant. And where Sami self-determination has been implemented through indigenous Sami parliaments, in Nordic states, the process of recognizing and implementing their right within these states has only taken place incrementally within existing democratic and constitutional mechanisms. It is a continuous process ...
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