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Conflict of Laws and the Return of Indigenous Peoples’ Cultural Property: A Latin American Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 December 2019

María Julia Ochoa Jiménez*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, University of Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia; Email: [email protected].

Abstract:

In Latin America, conflict-of-law norms have not appropriately considered the cultural diversity that exists in their legal systems. However, developments towards the recognition of Indigenous peoples’ human rights, at the international and national levels, impose the task of considering such diversity. In that regard, within the conflict-of-law realm, interpersonal law offers a useful perspective. This article proposes a conflict-of-law rule that can contribute to clarity and legal certainty, offering a sound way of dealing at the national level with Indigenous peoples’ claims for restitution of property with a cultural value for them, which is framed in international instruments on human rights.

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