Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Twelfth session15–19 July 2019Item 6 of the provisional agenda: Country Engagement Joint Statement Recommendation: That EMRIP remind… Read More »Recommendations on Country Engagement with Free, Prior and Informed Consent
PUBLIC STATEMENT Filibuster a blow to democracy and human rights but cannot turn back the clock on implementation of UN Declaration on the Rights of… Read More »Indigenous human rights advocates horrified that handful of Senators blocked Bill C-262
Have a look at our graphic on Bill C-262 Learn more about Bill C-262 and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples from… Read More »Key Elements of Bill C-262
OPEN LETTER TO PARLIAMENTARIANS A unanimous motion of the 338-member House of Commons said that two bills currently before the Senate, Bills C-262 and C-337,… Read More »Stalling on Bills C-262 and C-337 undermines Canada’s democratic process, jeopardizes reconciliation and fails to protect human rights
JOINT PUBLIC STATEMENT We are hopeful that in a matter of days the Senate will vote to adopt a private member’s bill that would require… Read More »Hyperbole and misrepresentation must not prevent Senate passing Bill C-262
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and MP Saganash’s corresponding bill are not ‘aspirational.’ ARTICLE BY PAUL JOFFE AND SHERYL LIGHTFOOT,… Read More »Legislative framework essential for UN declaration
OPEN LETTER TO THE SENATE OF CANADA Indigenous peoples’ organizations participating in the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues urge Canadian Senators to support Bill… Read More »Joint Open Letter to the Senate of Canada
Article in First Nations Drum by Grand Chief Dr. Abel Bosum and Alex Neve, May 10, 2019 In 2010, former prime minister Stephen Harper publicly… Read More »Passage of UN Declaration implementation bill should be non-partisan no-brainer
OPEN LETTER TO THE SENATE OF CANADA The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples sets out minimum standards necessary to combat some… Read More »Indigenous peoples’ organizations participating in the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues urge Canadian Senators to support Bill C-262,
UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Eighteenth Session Friday, April 26, 2019 Agenda Item 10: 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Kul jaad aangaa, kilslaay aanga,… Read More »Recommendations on Sustainable Development at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues