Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 27, no. 3, 2016, p. [?]
Description
Declaration adopted on August 13, 2016 by Shiprock, SW Diné Nation and "further endorsed and adopted by consensus of the 42nd Anniversary IITC Conference, September 11th, 2016, Waimanalo, Hawaii."
Report of the Expert Panel on Safe Drinking Water for First Nations
E-Books
Author/Creator
Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers
Description
Analyses of current Provincial and Federal legislation because there is no regulatory framework that applies to drinking water and wastewater on reserves.
Looks at how the government is not meeting its obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the discriminatory practices towards Indigenous children.
The Internationalisation of Indigenous Rights: UNDRIP in the Canadian Context: Special Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Terry Mitchell
Ken Coates
Cairin Holroyd
Yvonne Boyer
Thierry Rodon ... Bonita Beatty ... [et al.]
Description
Members of the Internationalization of Indigenous Rights
Research Group report on various aspects of Canada's failure to fully implement the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Journal of Global Citizenship & Equity Education, vol. 5, no. 1, September 2016, pp. 1-16
Description
Reports on statements used from the United Nations' 2007 Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to evaluate preservation of culture, lands and resources, self-governance, restitution, and services and representation.
Presents the Native Women's Association of Canada's (NWAC) perspective on Canada's compliance with articles in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).
Section on Aboriginal women deals with right to property and culture, registration under the Indian Act, and unequal access to power and decision-making.
Discusses the importance of The Paris Agreement to Indigenous peoples and how it is a step closer to the recognition of their rights in international law.
Suomen Antropologi, vol. 35, no. 4, Winter, 2010, pp. 5-25
Description
Examines history of international Indigenous movement and the use of Indigenous identity as a valued significant status with a focus on the Sami peoples.