The case of the RAAN autonomy and indigenous territorial rights
Keywords:
Communal land, Indigenous people, Land rights, Land law, Land use, Political movementAbstract
This study focuses 011 the situation of indigenous land rights in the RAAN, beginning with a brief historical background to the present situation of indigenous and Creole land rights. Following the essay of Charles Hale (1992), Wani no.12) who examines concepts of Miskito territorial rights and their role in the armed conflict for a community in the RAAS, the study explores similar themes in three Miskito communities of the RAAN. It goes on to present some of the difficulties which arise in trying to define and title the communal lands, with examples of conflicts over territorial rights from the three communities studied. Finally, it analyses the weaknesses of the Autonomy Statute, in terms of the definition of territorial rights and the jurisdiction over natural resources, and concludes that it is necessary to modify it in order to grant to the autonomous region’s wider powers over their economic bases.
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