The Nordic Sami Convention: International Human Rights, Self-Determination and other Central Provisions
Gáldu Čála – Journal of Indigenous Peoples Rights N o. 3/2007: Mattias Åhrén, Martin Scheinin, John B. Henriksen
The Nordic Sami Convention is a new international instrument / human rights convention
with the object ”to confirm and strengthen such rights for the Sami people as to
allow the Sami people to safeguard and develop their language, culture, livelihoods and
way of life with the least possible interference by national borders” (Article 1).
with the object ”to confirm and strengthen such rights for the Sami people as to
allow the Sami people to safeguard and develop their language, culture, livelihoods and
way of life with the least possible interference by national borders” (Article 1).