Hey, guys
can u pls tell me on how i would set out or answer this essay question:
"To what extent does the law relating to indigenous peoples reflect changing values and ethical standards?"
oh my gosh i just got so excited because finally someone else is doing indigenous!!!! i swear it is so hard to find people who do this topic but ANYWAY how to answer your question coming right up. you can relate this to the contemporary issues, because they're representative of the changing values and ethical standards, then you can tie in your case studies of various indigenous peoples around the world, e.g. maori people who have their language spoken across nz (i think there's a tribunal/treaty or some law about this but i've totally forgotten what it is). also, the most important thing is international law so talk about the non-existent treaties (
) for indigenous peoples and how it's not totally effective as it must be incorporated into domestic law to actually be effective, and you can say the countries who haven't done so probably have a system in their country which reflects their changing values and ethical standards.
as for structure, i'm not the best person to advise on this but i'd separate mine into contemporary issues (it doesn't tell you that you can't use them!) so like pick 2 and have 2 body paragraphs each, i think that'd work. structure is not a huge deal (personally) because the person who's coming first in my year literally has 1 sentence paragraphs here and there (if you can even call it that) so don't worry too much, it's all about the examples you provide that are relevant to the question and if you can show their effectiveness which usually can be quite limited.
i hope that makes sense because my thoughts are quite all over the place - feel free to ask if you need any more help!