How Indigenous Nation-Building Can Strengthen Indigenous Holistic Health Outcomes

Retelling the Right to Health

Authors

  • Mark McMillan RMIT University, Australia
  • Faye McMillan Charles Sturt University (CSU), Australia
  • Sophie Rigney Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, UK

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36368/jns.v10i2.851

Keywords:

Indigenous health, self-determination, Indigenous nation building, Indigenous governance, UNDRIP

Abstract

The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) has declared that Indigenous peoples and populations inherently possess a right to health. Such a right does not merely exist with reference to physical health. The General Assembly of the United Nations when adopting the UNDRIP requires the meaning of “health” to be expansive and also be characterised as a collective right. This article will provide a particular framework for understanding the right to health for Indigenous peoples as a collective right, which exists in a symbiotic relationship with the rights to greater self-determination and governance.

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Published

2017-05-29

How to Cite

McMillan, M., McMillan, F. and Rigney, S. (2017) “How Indigenous Nation-Building Can Strengthen Indigenous Holistic Health Outcomes: Retelling the Right to Health”, Journal of Northern Studies, 10(2), pp. 147–159. doi: 10.36368/jns.v10i2.851.

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 2 (2016)

Section

Articles