Legal Articles Tribal laws in India and tribal conventions on rights of indigenous people worldwide February 28, 2012 / March 17, 2016 by Akanksha Mishra AKANKSHA MISHRA India’s population includes nearly one hundred million tribal people. These numbers are matched only by the remarkable diversity of India’s tribes. The two main regions of tribal settlement are the country’s north-eastern states bordering China and Burma, and the highlands and plains of its central and southern regions. The latter is home to […] Read more » Customary Law—Backward Or Relevant Justice Systems? Implementation of Convention No. 169 International Labour Organization International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 169 Panchayat (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act 1996 The Human Rights at Issue The Tribal Struggle to Cope with Imposed Laws tribal conventions on rights of indigenous people worldwide Tribal laws Tribal laws in india U.N. Draft on Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples UNPFII Who Are Indigenous People And What Makes Them Different?