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Academic Publications

The following is a list of Professor James Anaya’s academic publications. The reports Professor Anaya has prepared as a UN Special Rapporteur are available under the Documents sections of this web site. BOOKS International Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples (Aspen Publ./Wolters Kluwer Law & Business 2009) (an edited compilation of materials with extensive original commentary)… Read More »

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Biographical Information

James Anaya is a Regents Professor and the  James J. Lenoir Professor of Human Rights Law and Policy at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law (USA), where he teaches and writes in the areas of international human rights, constitutional law, and issues concerning indigenous peoples. Professor Anaya is a graduate of… Read More »

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Mandate of the Special Rapporteur

In 2008 the United Nations Human Rights Council appointed Professor James Anaya to the mandate of Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples. This mandate is one of several thematic special procedures functioning under the authority of the Council. Human Rights Council resolution 15/14 and 24/9 authorizes and requests the Special Rapporteur to “examine ways… Read More »

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