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Article 1 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples read in English by Kenneth Deer of the Mohawk Nation.

How is your party making Indigenous Peoples’ human rights a priority in Canada this election?  

Article 1 states:

English:

Indigenous peoples have the right to the full enjoyment, as a collective or as individuals, of all human rights and fundamental freedoms as recognized in the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and international human rights law.

French:

Les peuples autochtones ont le droit, à titre collectif ou individuel, de jouir pleinement de l’ensemble des droits de l’homme et des libertés fondamentales reconnus par la Charte des Nations Unies, la Déclaration universelle des droits de l’homme et le droit international relatif aux droits de l’homme.