The right to self-determination of indigenous peoples: perspectives and practices 100 years after Deskaheh

The Cycle of Webinars on the right to self-determination of indigenous peoples, perspectives and practices 100 years after Deskaheh, coordinated by Leslie Cloud, Scientific Leader of the Indigenous Peoples Line at the Normandy Chair for Peace, and Zérah Brémond, lecturer in public law at the University of Le Havre Normandie, was launched on 28 March 2023 in partnership with the Normandy Chair for Peace, with a first webinar on the right to self-determination and relations between Nations. The video of this webinar and a report on this first webinar are available on the Normandy Chair for Peace website.

On June, 1st 2023, we welcome new guests to continue our reflections on the right to self-determination of indigenous peoples by looking at the contribution of fundamental rights. What are the scope and limits of fundamental rights from the perspective of the decolonisation of law and relations with indigenous peoples?

To attend the webinar, simply register at the following link:

Contacts: leslie.cloud@yahoo.fr and zerah.bremond@gmail.com

Programme: :

Right to self-determination and fundamental rights

• 4:20 pm Presentation of the lecture series Leslie Cloud, Head of the Indigenous Peoples Line for the CNRS Normandy Chair of Excellence for Peace (CNP), Member of the JUSTIP network Zérah Brémond, Doctor of Public Law, University of Le Havre Normandie
• 4:30 pm Recognition of indigenous peoples’ right to self-determination in international law: an ambivalent process? Luc Leriche, Doctor of Public Law, Canada Chair in Legal Diversity and Indigenous Peoples, University of Ottawa
• 4.50 pm Discussion
• 5:10 pm Manifestations of the right to self-determination in the case law of the United Nations treaty bodies Karine Rinaldi, Human Rights Officer, Urgent Applications and Actions Section, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
• 17h30 Discussion
• 5:50 pm Break
• 6:00 pm The right to self-determination of indigenous peoples in regional human rights protection systems: an indirect right? Aurélie Laurent, Associate Professor in Public Law, Le Mans University
• 6:20 pm Discussion
• 6:40 pm The right to self-determination of uncontacted indigenous peoples: a consensual right? Florian Aumond, Associate Professor in Public Law, University of Poitiers
• 7:00 pm Discussion
• 7:20 pm The right to self-determination of the « indigenous » peoples of Western Sahara: a right of conflict? Gourmo Lo, Associate Professor in Public Law, University of Le Havre Normandie
• 7:40 pm Discussion