Reports on military and political developments in the Philippines regarding Indigenous and separatist groups.
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Report provides suggestions of how to promote the meaningful involvement of First Nations in the environmental assessment processes with respect to land and resources.
RightsEd: Human Rights Education Resources for Teachers
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Australian Human Rights Commission
Description
Educator's resource for the report Bringing Them Home: National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families. Most activities suitable for grade 9 and up.
Canadian Early Learning and Child Care and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
E-Books
Author/Creator
Martha Friendly
Description
"This Occasional Paper is a working version of a chapter prepared for A Question of Commitment: Children's Rights in Canada (working title) edited by R. Brian Howe and Katherine Covell..."
History and explanation of "Jordan's Principle", where the welfare of the child comes first and governments work together for the benefit of the weakest citizens.
"A forum to follow up on the 2004 mission to Canada by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of Indigenous people, Rodolfo Stavenhagen, University of Ottawa, October 2-3, 2006."
Purpose of the report is to summarize key opinions, concerns and recommendations that were shared by participants during the UN mission to Canada.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 3, Defending Life First, September 2012, p. [?]
Description
Discusses how the government neglected cultural rights by illegally licensing an oil company to do business on traditional lands without community consent.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 19, no. 2, Autumn, 2004, pp. 33-48
Description
Article contends that the United States, as the last significant colonial power, still dominates indigenous peoples in external territories without their full consent. The paper argues that images of cowboys and Indians are a part of colonial history that asserts white supremacy and Indigenous inferiority.
Article discusses philosophical underpinnings of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007) noting that the Declaration favours Western cultures, hierarchical rankings of rights, and focuses on the rights of individuals rather than communities and fails to consider the rights of the land itself.
Author argues that race is an idea and not a biological fact, therefore Aboriginal rights are not products of ill-conceived "race-based" notions, but rather they are fundamental values and general principles.
2004 Conference Report (Indigenous Bar Association)
Indigenous Bar Association Annual Fall Conference ; 16th, 2004
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indigenous Bar Association
Description
Outlines the need for human rights, Aboriginal rights, and economic rights to protect Indigenous peoples during the development of Indigenous economies.
Editorial discusses how various anti-terrorism laws passed in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks, have negatively impacted Indigenous people around the world.
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Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Indigenous Women, 2004, pp. 4-7
Description
Introduction to journal issue featuring articles on the external social pressures which affect traditional gender structures and Indigenous women.
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American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 1/2, Winter-Spring, 1998, pp. 157-180
Description
Article examines the difference between the type of slavery practiced by Indigenous people and that practiced by the early European settlers and considers the moral and ethical issues the practice of slavery created for Indigenous peoples.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 4, The Future We Want: Indigenous Women of the World Unite, December 2013, p. [?]
Description
Discussion on why investors, shareholders and corporations have a responsibility to respect the rights of Indigenous peoples and proactively work with them.
Complaint alleged that inequitable funding for child welfare services on reserves amounted to discrimination on the basis of race and national ethnic origin. Ruling gave government until end of August to produce documents it had been withholding.
Indigenous Policy Journal of the Indigenous Studies Network, vol. 15, no. 2, Special International Indigenous Issue, Summer, 2004, p. [?]
Description
Discusses an interview session with George Manuel on his vision of international solidarity towards human rights promotion where social, cultural, economic, civil and political justice prevail and people live with respect and dignity.
Access through table of contents.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1, International Processes: Perspectives and Challenges, April 2002, pp. 20-25
Description
Comments on the apparent double standard that exists in International Labour Organization (ILO) Conventions.
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Excerpts from author's talk discussing Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group's complaint against Canada before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and his book Savage Anxieties.
Duration: 55:17.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3/4, Indigenous Women in Canada: the Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 147-153,14
Description
Examines the inequities faced by Indigenous women in comparison to their male counterparts and non-Indigenous women.
History and explanation of "Jordan's Principle" where the welfare of the child comes first, and governments work together for the benefit of the weakest citizens.
Argues that the government of Canada has deliberately and consistently underfunded a whole range of services for children living on-reserve.
Duration: 1:00:22.
From Truth to Reconciliation: Transforming the Legacy of Residential Schools
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Beverley Jacobs
Andrea J. Williams
Description
Describes the findings of the Sisters in Spirit initiative and work with grieving families.
Chapter from From Truth to Reconciliation: Transforming the Legacy of Residential Schools edited by Marlene Brant Castellano.
Maori Women Confront Discrimination: Using International Human Rights Law to Challenge Discriminatory Practices
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kerensa Johnston
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, 2005, pp. 19-70
Description
Discusses the Women's Convention and the Optional Protocol procedure, in order to examine the extent to which international human rights law may play a role in eliminating discrimination against Māori women in New Zealand.
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).
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3, Indigenous Women, July/August/September 2000, pp. 12-17
Description
Article attempts to construct an overview of the plight of Asian Indigenous women as victims of oppression and disadvantage.
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Representative from Amnesty International speaks about the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Canadian government's refusal to sign it. Followed by brief question and answer period.
Duration: 23:29.