Preferential Rights of Local Inhabitants of the North: International Legal Grounds and legislative Experience of Arctic States

Abstract

The article argues that, based on relevant international law, a balanced and promising legal policy of Russia and other Arctic states would be to specify such rights with regard to general status and social and economic situation of all local inhabitants of Arctic states. It is counterproductive to continue to elaborate isolated legislative provisions on exclusive preferential rights of only indigenous peoples of the North.

Keywords

• indigenous peoples
• aboriginal peoples
• coastal communities
• preferential rights
• international legal protection
• usa
• canada
• greenland
• norway
• comparative law studies