Heinämäki, Leena
Research Fellow (PhD)

The Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law (NIEM)

Tel. +358 (0)40 484 4280, (Privatel 2593)
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Focus of Research: Indigenous peoples’ rights, especially cultural and environmental human rights. International human rights and environmental law as it applies to indigenous peoples. Heinämäki has a special interest in the Arctic legal co-operation, and she acts as a vice-leader of the University of the Arctic Thematic Network on Arctic Law.

Alkuperäiskansojen oikeudet, erityisesti kulttuuriset ja ympäristölliset ihmisoikeudet.

Keywords: international human rights law, international environmental law, indigenous peoples / Ihmisoikeudet, kansainvälinen ympäristöoikeus, alkuperäiskansat

Publications:

• Kioton pöytäkirja ja sen noudattamisen valvonta” (Kyoto Protocol and its compliance), Edita Oyj, Edilex, 2001.
• Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the Light of Global Climate Change, in E. Helander and T. Mustonen, Snowscapes, Dreamscapes, Snowchange Book on Community Voices of Change, Tampere Polytechnic Publications. Ser C, Study Materials 12, 2004, pp. 427-432.
• "Environmental Rights Protecting the Way of Life of Arctic Indigenous Peoples: ILO Convention No. 169 and UN Draft Declaration on Indigenous Peoples” in Arctic Governance (2004), pp. 231-259.
• Voidaanko ilmastonmuutosta hidastaa oikeusteitse? Pohdintoja Inuittien ihmisoikeusvalituksesta Amerikan ihmisoikeustoimikuntaan’ (yhteisartikkeli Timo Koivurovan kanssa), in Koivurova, T. (ed.), Kansainvälistyvä oikeus, Juhlakirja Professori Kari Hakapää, Lapin yliopiston oikeustieteellisiä julkaisuja c 41, Lapin yliopisto 2005, pp.39-56. ’Is it possible to slow down the climate change via litigation? Reflections on the human rights petition by the Inuit. (Joint article with Timo Koivurova).
• The Participation of Indigenous Peoples in International Norm-Making in the Arctic’ (A common article with Timo Koivurova) In Polar Record, 2006, 42(221):101-109.
• The Protection of the Environmental Integrity of Indigenous Peoples in Human Rights Law, Finnish Yearbook of International Law, Vol. XVII, 2006: 187-232.
• Inherent Rights of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada – Reflections of the Debate in National and International law, International Community Law Review, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2006: 155-202.
• Indigenous Peoples’ Right to Traditional Way of Life in Human Rights Law, in T. Koivurova and A. Stepien (eds.), Reforming Mining Law in a Changing World with Special Reference to Finland, Juridica Lapponica 34, The Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, 2008: 41-90.
• Protecting the Rights of Indigenous Peoples – Promoting the Sustainability of the Global Environment?, International Community Law Review, Vol. 11, Number 1, March 2009: 3-68.
• Rethinking the Status of Indigenous Peoples in International Environmental Decision-Making: Pondering the Role of Arctic Indigenous Peoples and the Challenge of Climate Change, in T. Koivurova, E. C. H. Keskitalo and N. Bankes (eds. ), Climate Governance in the Arctic, Springer, Environment & Policy, Vol 50, 2009: 207- 262.
• The Right to Be a Part of Nature: Indigenous Peoples and the Environment, Lapland University Press, 2010.
• Towards an Equal Partnership between Indigenous Peoples and the States: Learning from Arctic Experience? The Yearbook of Polar Law, vol. 3, 2011: 193-246.
• The Right to Be a Part of Nature: Greening Human Rights via Strengthening Indigenous Peoples, The Yearbook of Polar Law, Volume 4, 2012:415-474.
  
• The Nordic Saami Convention: The Right of a People to Control Issues of Importance to Them, in N. Bankes and T. Koivurova, The Proposed Nordic Saami Convention, National and International Dimensions of Indigenous Property Rights, Hart Publishing, Oxford and Portland, Oregon, 2013: 125-147.
• Climate Change and Human Rights, (together with Koivurova and Duyck) in Hollo et al (eds.), Climate Change and the Law, Springer 2013: 287-325.