Indigenous Rights matter: Should customary tribal laws be given precedence over country laws?

# After 22 years of debate, the United Nations adopts a non-binding declaration about the rights of native people.

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# The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples asks countries to give tribal peoples more control over the land and resources by either returning confiscated territory or by paying compensation.

# In the General Assembly, 143 countries voted for it, 11 abstained and Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States, voted against it.

# Indigenous peoples estimated to up to 370 million people, globally, represent a demographic minority who are considered to among the world's most disenfranchised peoples.

Has UN not diverted attention by making the law non-binding? Can the Indigenous populations be compensated monetarily?