Grappler Deep State Feller wrote on Jul 26
th, 2024 at 1:56pm:
Article One needs no comment - they've already got all equal rights here and then some, just like women.... similar attitudes, too... gimme, gimme, gimme ...
Actually the problems begin appearing in the preamble to Article 1, and the Article itself.
Article 1
Indigenous peoples have the right to the full enjoyment, as a collective or as individuals, of all human rights and fundamental freedoms as recognized in the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and international human rights law.
My comment: so indigenous peoples have the same rights as everyone else, as identified in the UNUDHR.
That should be the end of the story.... but, Article 1 is preceeded by this contradictory nonsense:
Affirming that indigenous peoples are equal to all other peoples, while recognizing the right of all peoples to be different, to consider themselves different, and to be respected as such
,Individuals being
different is not the same as individuals claiming allegiance to, and sovereignty of,
different anachronistic cultures, something many indigenous people do, from a desire to preserve ancient, outmoded ways of life.
Affirming also that all peoples contribute to the diversity and richness of civilizations and cultures, which constitute the common heritage of humankind
,Hunter-gatherer cultures don't contribute to solving the problems of the modern world (and nor do 'modern' neoclassical mainstream economists, another story...)
Affirming further that all doctrines, policies and practices based on or advocating superiority of peoples or individuals on the basis of national origin, racial, religious, ethnic or cultural differences are racist, scientifically false, legally invalid, morally condemnable and socially unjust
,It's not a matter of the "superiority" of cultural differences (the other differences listed are not relevant for indigenous people), it's acknowledging pre-civilization ancient cultures belong in the past, not the present and future.
.......
And that's just Article one.
Note how the confused "freedom rights" people at the UN have tried to improve social conditions, by agreement as opposed to by implementation by law.
First, the UNUDHR in 1948; then the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in 1966; then this Indigenous Rights nonsense in 2002.
The original 1948 UNUDHR (though also containing contradictions) covered everything, but of course little of it was ever implemented, because "freedom" trumps co-operation.
Sad.