Sustainability
Community or social projects must address sustainability of its focus, action, or goals. As such, Alistar International relies on the assurance of the sustainability of its projects. This alone is reason enough for AI to focus its efforts on the indigenous right to land, as the primary element of the continuance of culture and ethnicity. Indeed, global theorists ensure, without the continuous presence of indigenous peoples on their homelands, natural ecosystems around the world will surly become extinct, and an entire way of life, lost forever. As such, Alistar works to ensure the sustainability of the indigenous right to land under national and international law, in addition to the indigenous right to manage natural resources of those lands. Community-assistance projects are undertaken with specific plans addressing project sustainability and continuance.
Self-determination
A cardinal principal in international law, self-determination of indigenous peoples upholds indigenous right to determine their own future for themselves - especially related to governance, this right incorporates the support of indigenous nations and groups to their own self-governance, choices, and decisions based on their own cultural mores, plans, and beliefs.
There is extensive global cultural history and discourse regarding concepts, theories, and institutions of autonomy and self-determination, and the benefits these modes of existence and political condition carry in situations of ethnic marginalization and oppression. As many note, human behavior and processes of decision-making are deeply rooted in individual fitness maximization and optimization and strongly shaped by elements of culture.
The U.N. Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Article 3, 2007), the American Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Section One: Article III, 2016), and the International Labor Organization-Convention 169 (1989) outline the concept of the indigenous right to self-determination as a human right with particular ethnic necessity - often one not available to indigenous peoples, the right to determine self-expression, self-governance in areas of politics and economics, autonomy, and as an ultimate goal, sovereignty.
In projects of indigenous human rights and community assistance, self-determination is a critical piece to ensuring indigenous people have a present and future of their own. As such, encouraging the conceptualization and management of projects by the communities and indigenous groups themselves is a critical piece to ensuring efforts are appropriate, on their terms, and will be sustainable.
Links on self-determination in international law:
International Working Group of Indigenous Peoples (2017) “Self-Determination”
U.N. (September 14, 2007) - U.N. Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
O.A.S. (2016-2017) American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
International Labor Organization (1989) Convention 169 - Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention
PROJECTS:
-Mayangna Nation: institutional-strengthening, governance assistance, provision of home office and headquarters of Nation
-Indigenous Land Titling & Decolonization
-Documentation, Diagnostics, and Participatory-Mapping of Indigenous Lands
-Regional Consultation of Indigenous Peoples Opinions of a Nicaraguan Indigenous Land Law
-Community Revolving-Loan Funds
-Reforestation & Sustainable Agriculture
-Economic Cooperatives - transportation, etc.
-Forest Guards & Border Patrols
Community or social projects must address sustainability of its focus, action, or goals. As such, Alistar International relies on the assurance of the sustainability of its projects. This alone is reason enough for AI to focus its efforts on the indigenous right to land, as the primary element of the continuance of culture and ethnicity. Indeed, global theorists ensure, without the continuous presence of indigenous peoples on their homelands, natural ecosystems around the world will surly become extinct, and an entire way of life, lost forever. As such, Alistar works to ensure the sustainability of the indigenous right to land under national and international law, in addition to the indigenous right to manage natural resources of those lands. Community-assistance projects are undertaken with specific plans addressing project sustainability and continuance.
Self-determination
A cardinal principal in international law, self-determination of indigenous peoples upholds indigenous right to determine their own future for themselves - especially related to governance, this right incorporates the support of indigenous nations and groups to their own self-governance, choices, and decisions based on their own cultural mores, plans, and beliefs.
There is extensive global cultural history and discourse regarding concepts, theories, and institutions of autonomy and self-determination, and the benefits these modes of existence and political condition carry in situations of ethnic marginalization and oppression. As many note, human behavior and processes of decision-making are deeply rooted in individual fitness maximization and optimization and strongly shaped by elements of culture.
The U.N. Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Article 3, 2007), the American Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Section One: Article III, 2016), and the International Labor Organization-Convention 169 (1989) outline the concept of the indigenous right to self-determination as a human right with particular ethnic necessity - often one not available to indigenous peoples, the right to determine self-expression, self-governance in areas of politics and economics, autonomy, and as an ultimate goal, sovereignty.
In projects of indigenous human rights and community assistance, self-determination is a critical piece to ensuring indigenous people have a present and future of their own. As such, encouraging the conceptualization and management of projects by the communities and indigenous groups themselves is a critical piece to ensuring efforts are appropriate, on their terms, and will be sustainable.
Links on self-determination in international law:
International Working Group of Indigenous Peoples (2017) “Self-Determination”
U.N. (September 14, 2007) - U.N. Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
O.A.S. (2016-2017) American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
International Labor Organization (1989) Convention 169 - Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention
PROJECTS:
-Mayangna Nation: institutional-strengthening, governance assistance, provision of home office and headquarters of Nation
-Indigenous Land Titling & Decolonization
-Documentation, Diagnostics, and Participatory-Mapping of Indigenous Lands
-Regional Consultation of Indigenous Peoples Opinions of a Nicaraguan Indigenous Land Law
-Community Revolving-Loan Funds
-Reforestation & Sustainable Agriculture
-Economic Cooperatives - transportation, etc.
-Forest Guards & Border Patrols
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