Protecting the health of indigenous peoples of the Arctic: the experience of the regions of the Russian Arctic // IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science 263

Description

The right of indigenous peoples to health belongs to the category of speciallyprotected social rights and is associated with the maintenance of the standard of living andhealth, which allows maintaining sustainable existence and development of the ethnic group inthe era of global transformations and industrial development. The presented analytical materialdemonstrates the level of implementation of the international standards of the World HealthOrganization in relation to indigenous peoples, as well as the Convention standards of theInternational Labor Organization, in the national and regional legislation of the RussianFederation in relation to Arctic subjects. The degree of regulatory and institutional provision ofthe right to health of small indigenous peoples is directly proportional to the level of economicdevelopment of the subjects, as well as their status within the administrative and territorialdivision of Russia: republican status or fuel and energy potential.