Making Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in Canada Visible
Although the United Nations have established mechanisms to exercise political authority and influence states’ policies and the global civil society puts pressure on their actions, indigenous peoples continue to face discrimination and violations of their rights. Canada constitutes a great example of...
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ftektojs:oai:ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr:article/29487 2023-05-15T16:16:21+02:00 Making Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in Canada Visible Ntalakosta, Anastasia-Maria 2021-12-29 application/pdf https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/hapscpbs/article/view/29487 https://doi.org/10.12681/hapscpbs.29487 eng eng Hellenic Association of Political Scientists (HAPSc) https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/hapscpbs/article/view/29487/22936 https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/hapscpbs/article/view/29487 doi:10.12681/hapscpbs.29487 Copyright (c) 2021 Anastasia-Maria Ntalakosta http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 CC-BY HAPSc Policy Briefs Series; Vol 2, No 2 (2021): HAPSc Policy Briefs Series; 14-23 2732-6586 2732-6578 indigenous peoples land rights violation Canada United Nations civil society indigenous people info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2021 ftektojs https://doi.org/10.12681/hapscpbs.29487 2022-02-10T17:35:43Z Although the United Nations have established mechanisms to exercise political authority and influence states’ policies and the global civil society puts pressure on their actions, indigenous peoples continue to face discrimination and violations of their rights. Canada constitutes a great example of a democratic country that is supposed to respect and protect human rights but violates the aboriginal rights extensively. The massive energy projects, Coastal GasLink pipeline, Trans Mountain pipeline and Site C dam, being developed in North and West Canada, do not respect the traditional lands and resources of the indigenous populations that live in the region and have been strongly condemned by the First Nations, the actors of the global civil society and the UN. Nonetheless, the Canadian government continues to fully support their construction. This paper aims to analyse the violations conducted against indigenous populations’ lands by the Canadian government and the reaction of the UN and global civil society, using a series of qualitative and quantitative data based on papers, analyses and reports of Institutes, Study Centers and Organizations. Although the United Nations have established mechanisms to exercise political authority and influence states’ policies and the global civil society puts pressure on their actions, indigenous peoples continue to face discrimination and violations of their rights. Canada constitutes a great example of a democratic country that is supposed to respect and protect human rights but violates the aboriginal rights extensively. The massive energy projects, Coastal GasLink pipeline, Trans Mountain pipeline and Site C dam, being developed in North and West Canada, do not respect the traditional lands and resources of the indigenous populations that live in the region and have been strongly condemned by the First Nations, the actors of the global civil society and the UN. Nonetheless, the Canadian government continues to fully support their construction. This paper aims to analyse the violations conducted against indigenous populations’ lands by the Canadian government and the reaction of the UN and global civil society, using a series of qualitative and quantitative data based on papers, analyses and reports of Institutes, Study Centers and Organizations. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations EKT ePublishing (National Documentation Centre, Greece) Canada HAPSc Policy Briefs Series 2 2 14 |
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Although the United Nations have established mechanisms to exercise political authority and influence states’ policies and the global civil society puts pressure on their actions, indigenous peoples continue to face discrimination and violations of their rights. Canada constitutes a great example of a democratic country that is supposed to respect and protect human rights but violates the aboriginal rights extensively. The massive energy projects, Coastal GasLink pipeline, Trans Mountain pipeline and Site C dam, being developed in North and West Canada, do not respect the traditional lands and resources of the indigenous populations that live in the region and have been strongly condemned by the First Nations, the actors of the global civil society and the UN. Nonetheless, the Canadian government continues to fully support their construction. This paper aims to analyse the violations conducted against indigenous populations’ lands by the Canadian government and the reaction of the UN and global civil society, using a series of qualitative and quantitative data based on papers, analyses and reports of Institutes, Study Centers and Organizations. Although the United Nations have established mechanisms to exercise political authority and influence states’ policies and the global civil society puts pressure on their actions, indigenous peoples continue to face discrimination and violations of their rights. Canada constitutes a great example of a democratic country that is supposed to respect and protect human rights but violates the aboriginal rights extensively. The massive energy projects, Coastal GasLink pipeline, Trans Mountain pipeline and Site C dam, being developed in North and West Canada, do not respect the traditional lands and resources of the indigenous populations that live in the region and have been strongly condemned by the First Nations, the actors of the global civil society and the UN. Nonetheless, the Canadian government continues to fully support their construction. This paper aims to analyse the violations conducted against indigenous populations’ lands by the Canadian government and the reaction of the UN and global civil society, using a series of qualitative and quantitative data based on papers, analyses and reports of Institutes, Study Centers and Organizations. |
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Making Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in Canada Visible |
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