| | Table of cases | |
| | List of abbreviations | |
| | Introduction | 1 |
| Pt. I | Indigenous peoples in international law: basic notions | |
| | 1 | We are still here | 12 |
| | 2 | Who is indigenous?: Concept, definition, process | 33 |
| | 3 | Ambiguous discourses: indigenous peoples and the development of international law | 61 |
| | 4 | The age of rights | 89 |
| Pt. II | Global instruments on human rights | |
| | 5 | The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights I | 116 |
| | 6 | The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights II: Article 27 and other global standards on minority rights | 151 |
| | 7 | The Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | 182 |
| | 8 | Racial discrimination and indigenous peoples - in particular under the Racial Discrimination Convention | 199 |
| | 9 | The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: in particular Article 30 | 225 |
| Pt. III | Regional human rights protection and indigenous groups | |
| | 10 | The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights; African perspectives on indigenous peoples | 244 |
| | 11 | The Inter-American system and indigenous peoples | 265 |
| | 12 | European instruments on human and minority rights | 290 |
| Pt. IV | ILO treaties on indigenous peoples | |
| | 13 | ILO standards I | 320 |
| | 14 | ILO standards II: Convention 169 | 339 |
| Pt. V | Emerging standards specific to indigenous peoples | |
| | 15 | The UN draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples | 370 |
| | 16 | The Proposed American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples | 397 |
| Pt. VI | Indigenous peoples and human rights | |
| | 17 | Indigenous peoples and the discourses of human rights: a reflective narrative | 406 |
| Annex 1 | ILO Convention No. 107 on Indigenous and Tribal Populations | 432 |
| Annex 2 | ILO Convention No. 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples | 441 |
| Annex 3 | UN draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples | 453 |
| Annex 4 | CERD General Recommendation VIII: identification with a particular racial or ethnic group | 463 |
| Annex 5 | CERD General Recommendation XXIII: indigenous peoples | 464 |
| Annex 6 | CERD General Recommendation XXIV: reporting of persons belonging to different races, etc | 466 |
| Annex 7 | General Comment of the HRC on the rights of minorities | 468 |
| | Select bibliography | 472 |
| | Index | 481 |
