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
UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Eighteenth Session Tuesday April 23, 2019 Thank you Madame Chair. I am speaking on behalf of several Nations and… Read More »Recommendations on Indigenous Peoples’ Traditional knowledge, generation, transmission and protection
Only a day after the Coalition released a joint statement condemning partisan efforts to prevent debate on Bill C-262, an act to ensure that the… Read More »Stalling tactics continue on Bill C-262
Proposed legislation crucial to reconciliation is being threatened by partisan stalling tactics in the Senate. Conservative Senators yesterday prevented Bill C-262 being sent to Committee… Read More »Indigenous peoples’ organizations and human rights groups condemn partisan efforts to prevent debate on bill to implement the UN Declaration
Read our Joint Open Letter to all Senators regarding Bill C-262 and how implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is… Read More »The Coalition urges all members of the Senate to support a timely vote on C-262
Joint Statement In December, in two separate letters issued under their Early-Warning Measures and Urgent Action Procedures, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of… Read More »Federal, provincial and territorial interpretation and implementation of free, prior and informed consent must be aligned with Canada’s human rights obligations
OPEN LETTER TO SENATORS Our Nations and organizations urge all Senators to support Bill C-262, a private members bill to ensure that the federal government… Read More »Implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is Crucial to Canada’s Commitments to Reconciliation
ARTICLE BY PAUL JOFFE International law makes clear that all peoples have the right of self-determination.2 This is affirmed in the UN Declaration on the… Read More »UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Self-Determination and Territorial Integrity
ANNOTATED COMMENTARY BY PAUL JOFFE Note: I begin this commentary with a General Comment. I then quote portions of the text from the Isaac &… Read More »Annotated Commentary by Paul Joffe, Member of Québec and Ontario Bars on “Implementing UNDRIP in Canada: Challenges with Bill C-262” by Thomas Isaac and Arend J.A. Hoekstra