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'The Maya Land Rights Case': Recognition of Native Title in Belize

Details of the decision handed down by Dr. Abdulai Conteh, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Belize that Mayan people hold native title in the two villages of Santa Cruz and Conejo within the country's Toledo District are presented. The legal procedures undertaken through the case, including His Honour's use of the favourable 2004 conclusion of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and evidence from similar cases in Nigeria, Malaysia and South Africa, to provide a ruling on the case are discussed.