[IPSM] FW: Indigenous Persons with Disabilities Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
JJ
janzen_ford at myway.com
Tue Aug 30 12:35:46 PDT 2005
With the diabetes epidemic among our peoples, set to cripple with leg loss, glaucoma blindness, renal dialysis, heart conditions, it’s important we are able to have a voice.
http://www.worldenable.net/rights/adhocmeetbulletin07.htm#Indigenous
Indigenous Persons with Disabilities
The Canadian Publication "First Nations Persons with Disabilities:
Dismantling the Roadblocks" (Dec 1997), tells the story of "Margaret",
a First Nations woman with a disability which causes her to slur her
speech and to walk with an unsteady gait. On a business trip, Margaret
was refused a hotel room. Specifically, the desk clerk told her the
"hotel did not have to provide services to drunken Indians." When
Margaret tried to explain her disability, the clerk became angry and
shouted at her to leave. Margaret, shaken and humiliated, and
concerned that she would receive the same treatment at the next hotel,
decided to return home.
Already faced with the discrimination issues that non-indigenous
persons with disabilities encounter, the situation of indigenous
persons with disabilities can be significantly worse. Reasons cited
included:
* The higher rate of disability among indigenous persons,
* The often enormous jurisdictional barriers, which must be
overcome in order to obtain even the most basic services, and;
* The geographic isolation of many aboriginal communities.
Some indigenous communities have only inadequate, unsafe housing; a
lack of potable water, no sewage system; low education, and few
employment opportunities. Clearly these conditions do little to
promote healthy bodies and minds. They serve, instead, to increase the
incidence of debilitating conditions and disability. Yet, when
indigenous persons are forced to leave their communities and families
to seek crucial services unavailable to them at home they must leave
behind critical cultural and spiritual activities. In so doing, those
who are forced to leave in search of essential, disability-related
supports often find themselves left feeling along and frustrated.
Indigenous persons frequently face discrimination because of race and
ancestry. Histories of colonialism and paternalism have combined in a
legacy of tremendous social and economic hardship, loss and land and
loss of control of living conditions. Indigenous persons have
witnessed the erosion of their culture, suppression of their beliefs
and spirituality. When one adds disability to such a mixture, a very
grim picture emerges.
The following link outlines the latest on the draft declaration, which in
Theory, states we are equal. (Yeah. Right.) In reality, this is not the
case and we
need to find a way to push the argument for equality.
http://www.usask.ca/nativelaw/ddir.html
Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of
Minorities Forty-fifth session
Discrimination against indigenous peoples
Report of the working group on indigenous populations on its eleventh
session
Chairperson: Ms Erica-Irene A Daes
ANNEX I
Draft declaration as agreed upon by the members of the working group
at its eleventh session
Affirming that indigenous peoples are equal in dignity and rights to
all other peoples, while recognizing the rights of all peoples to be
different, to consider themselves different, and to be respected as such,
Affirming also that all peoples contribute to the diversity and
richness of all civilizations and cultures, which constitute a common
heritage of humankind,
Affirming further that all doctrines, polices and practices based on
or advocating superiority of peoples or individuals on the basis of
national origin, racial, religious, ethnic or cultural differences are
racist, scientifically false, legally invalid, morally condemnable and
socially unjust,
Reaffirming also that indigenous peoples, in the exercise of their
rights, should be free from discrimination of any kind,
Concerned that indigenous peoples have been deprived of their human
rights and fundamental freedoms, resulting, inter alia, in their
colonization and the dispossession of their lands, territories and
resources, thus preventing them from exercising, in particular, their
right to development in accordance with their own needs and interests,
Recognizing the urgent need to respect and promote the rights and
characteristics of indigenous peoples, especially their rights to
their lands, territories and resources, which derive from their
political, economic and social structures and from their cultures,
spiritual traditions, histories and philosophies,
Welcoming the fact that indigenous peoples are organizing themselves
for political, economic, and social and cultural enhancement and in
order to bring an end to all forms of discrimination and oppression
wherever they occur,
Convinced that control by indigenous peoples over developments
affecting them and their lands, territories and resources will enable
them to maintain and strengthen their institutions, cultures and
traditions, and to promote their development in accordance with their
aspirations and needs,
Recognizing also that respect for indigenous knowledge, cultures and
traditional practices contributes to sustainable and equitable
development and proper management of the environment,
Emphasizing the need for demilitarization of the lands and territories
of indigenous peoples, which will contribute to peace, economic and
social progress and development, understanding and friendly relations
among nations and peoples of the world,
Recognizing in particular the right of indigenous families and
communities to retain shared responsibility for the upbringing,
training, education and well-being of their children,
Recognizing also that indigenous peoples have the right freely to
determine their relationships with States in a spirit of coexistence,
mutual benefit and full respect,
Considering that treaties, agreements and other arrangements between
States and indigenous peoples are properly matters of international
concern and responsibility,
Acknowledging that the Charter of United Nations, the International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International
Covenant on Civil and political Rights affirm the fundamental
importance of the right of self-determination of all peoples, by
virtue of which they freely determine their political status and
freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development,
Bearing in mind that nothing in this Declaration may be used to deny
any peoples their right of self-determination,
Encouraging States to comply with and effectively implement all
international instruments, in particular those relating to human
rights, as they apply to indigenous peoples, in consultation and
cooperation with the people concerned,
Emphasizing that the United Nations has an important and continuing
role to play in promoting and protecting the rights of indigenous peoples,
Believing that this Declaration is a further important step forward
for the recognition, promotion and protection of the rights and
freedoms of indigenous peoples and in the development of relevant
activities of the United Nations system in this field,
Solemnly proclaims the following United Nations Declaration on the
Rights of Indigenous Peoples:
Part I
Article 1.
Indigenous peoples have the right to the full and effective enjoyment
of all of the human rights and fundamental freedoms which are
recognized in the Charter of the United Nations and in the human
rights law;
Article 2.
Indigenous individuals and peoples are free and equal to all other
individuals and peoples in dignity and rights, and have the right to
be free from any kind of adverse discrimination, in particular that
based on their indigenous origin or identity;
Article 3.
Indigenous people have the right of self-determination. By virtue of
that right they freely determine their political status and freely
pursue their economic, social and cultural development;
Article 4. Indigenous peoples have the right to maintain and
strengthen their distinct political, economic, social and cultural
characteristics, as well as their legal systems, while retaining their
rights to participate fully, if they so choose, in the political,
economic, social and cultural life of the State;
Article 5.
Every Indigenous person has the right to belong to a nationality;
Part II
Article 6. No Genecide Indigenous peoples have the collective right to
live in freedom, peace and security as distinct peoples and to full
guarantees against genocide or any other act of violence, including
the removal of indigenous children from their families and communities
under any pretext.
Article 7.
Indigenous peoples have the collective and individual right not to be
subject to ethnocide and cultural genocide, including the prevention
of and redress for:
(a) Any action which has the aim or effect of depriving them of
their integrity as distinct peoples, or of their cultural values or
identities;
(b) Any action which has the aim or effect of dispossessing them
of their lands, territories or resources;
(c) Any form of population transfer which has the aim or effect of
violating or undermining any of their rights;
(d) Any form of assimilation or integration by other cultures or
ways of life imposed on them by legislative, administrative or other
measures;
(e) Any form of propoganda directed against them;
Article 8.
Indigenous peoples have the collective and individual right to
maintain and develop their distinct identities and characteristics,
including the right to identify themselves as indigenous and to be
recognized as such;
Article 9.
Indigenous peoples and individuals have the right to belong to an
indigenous community or nation, in accordance with the traditions and
customs of the community or nation concerned. No disadvantage of any
kind may arise from the exercise of such a right;
Article 10.
Indigenous peoples shall not be forced from their lands or
territories. No relocation shall take place without the free and
informed consent of the indigenous peoples concerned and after
agreement on just and fair compensation and, where possible, with the
option of return;,
Article 11.
Indigenous peoples have the right to special protection and security
in periods of armed conflict.
States shall observe international standards, in particular the Fourth
Geneva Convention of 1949, for the protection of civilian populations
in circumstances of emergency and armed conflict, and shall not:
(a) Recruit indigenous individuals against their will in the armed
forces and, in particular, for use against other indigenous peoples;
(b) Recruit indigenous children into the armed forces under any
circumstances;
(c) Force indigenous individuals to abandon their lands,
territories or means of subsistence, or relocate them in special
centers for military purposes;
(d)Force indigenous individuals to work for military purposes
under any discriminary conditions;
Part III
Article 12.
Indigenous peoples have the right to practice and revitalize their
cultural traditions and customs. This includes the right to maintain,
protect and develop the past, present and future manifestations of
their cultures, such as archaeological and historical sites,
artifacts, designs, ceremonies, technologies and visual and performing
arts and literature, as well as the right to restitution of cultural,
intellectual, religious and spiritual property taken without their
free and informed consent or in violation of their laws, traditions
and customs;
Article 13.
Indigenous peoples have the right to manifest, practice, develop and
teach their spiritual and religious traditions, customs and
ceremonies; the right to maintain, protect, and have access in privacy
to their religious and cultural sites; the right to use and control of
ceremonial objects; and the right to repatriation of human remains.
States shall take effective measures, in conjunction with the
indigenous peoples concerned, to ensure that indigenous sacred places,
including burial sites, be preserved, respected and protected;
Article 14.
Indigenous peoples have the right to revitalize, use, develop and
transmit to future generations their histories, languages, oral
traditions, philosophies, writing systems and literatures, and to
designate and retain their own names for communities, places and persons.
States shall take effective measures, especially whenever any right of
indigenous peoples may be affected, to ensure this right and to ensure
that they can understand and be understood in political, legal and
administrative proceedings where necessary through the provision of
interpretation or by other appropriate means;
Part IV
Article 15.
Indigenous children have the right to all levels and forms of
education of the State. All indigenous peoples also have this right
and the right to establish and control their educational systems and
institutions providing education in their own languages, in a manner
appropriate to their cultural methods of teaching and learning.
Indigenous children living outside their communities have the right to
be provided access to education in their own culture and language.
Article 16.
Indigenous peoples have the right to have the dignity and diversity of
their cultures, traditions, histories and aspirations appropriately
reflected in all forms of education and public information.
States shall take effective measures, in consultation with the
indigenous peoples concerned, to eliminate all prejudice and
discrimination and to promote tolerance, understanding and good
relations among indigenous peoples and all segments of society;
Article 17.
Indigenous people have the right to establish their own languages.
They also have the right to equal access to all forms of
non-indigenous media.
States shall take effective measures to ensure that State-owned media
duly reflect indigenous cultural diversity;
Article 18.
Indigenous peoples have the right to enjoy fully all rights
established under international labour law and national labour
legislation.
Indigenous individuals have the right not to be subjected to any
discriminatory conditions of labour, inter alia, employment and salary;
Part V
Article 19.
Indigenous peoples have the right to participate fully, if they so
choose, at all levels of decision-making in matters which may affect
their rights, lives and destinies through representatives chosen by
themselves in accordance with their own procedures as well as to
maintain and develop their own indigenous decision-making institutions;
Article 20.
Indigenous peoples have the right to participate fully, if they so
choose, through procedures determined by them, in devising legislative
or administrative measures that may affect them.
States shall obtain the free and informed consent of the peoples
concerned before adopting and implementing such measures;
Article 21.
Indigenous people have the right to maintain and develop their
political, economic and social systems, to be secure in the enjoyment
of their own means of subsistence and development, and to engage
freely in all their traditional and other economic activities.
Indigenous peoples who have been deprived of their means of
subsistence and development are entitled to just and fair compensation;
Article 22.
Indigenous people have the right to special measures for immediate
effective and continuing improvement of their economic and social
conditions, including in the areas of employment, vocational training
and retraining, housing, sanitation, health and social security.
Particular attention shall be paid to the rights and special needs of
indigenous elders, women, youth, children and disabled persons;
Article 23.
Indigenous people have the right to determine and develop priorities
and strategies for exercising their right to development. In
particular, indigenous people have the right to determine and develop
all health, housing and other economic and social programmes affecting
them and, as far as possible, to administer such programmes through
their own institutions;
Article 24.
They also have the right to access, without any discrimination, to all
medical institutions, health services and medical care;
Part VI
Article 25.
Indigenous peoples have the right to maintain and strengthen their
distinctive spiritual and material relationship with the lands,
territories, waters and coastal seas and other resources which they
have traditionally owned or otherwise occupied or used, and to uphold
their responsibilities to future generations in this regard;
Article 26.
Indigenous peoples have the right to own, develop, control and use the
lands and territories, including to total environment of the lands,
air, waters, coastal seas, sea-ice, flora and fauna and other
resources which they have traditionally owned or otherwise occupied or
used. This includes the right to the full recognition of their laws,
traditions and customs, land-tenure systems and institutions for the
development and management of resources, and the right to effective
measures by States to prevent any interference with, alienation of or
encoachment upon these rights;
Article 27.
Indigenous peoples have the right to the resititution of the lands,
territories and resources which they have traditionally owned or
otherwise occupied or used, and which have been confiscated, occupied,
used or damaged without their free and informed consent. Where this is
not possible, they have the right to just and fair compensation.
Unless otherwise freely agreed upon by the peoples concerned,
compensation shall take the form of lands, territories and resources
equal in quality, size and legal status.
Article 28.
Indigenous peoples have the right to the conservation, restoration and
protection of the total environment and production capacity of their
lands, territories and resources, as well as to the assistance for
this purpose from States and through international cooperation.
Military activities shall not take place in the lands and territories
of indigenous peoples, unless otherwise freely agreed upon by the
peoples concerned.
States shall take effective measure to ensure, as needed, that
programmes for monitoring, maintaining and restoring health of
indigenous peoples, as developed and implemented by the peoples
affected by such materials, are duly implemented;
Article 29.
Indigenous peoples are entitled to the recognition of the full
ownership, control and protection of their cultural and intellectual
property.
They have the right to special measures to control, develop and
protect their sciences, technologies and cultural manifestations,
including human and other genetic resources, seeds, medicines,
knowledge of properties of fauna and flora, oral traditions,
literatures, designs and visual and performing arts;
Article 30.
Indigenous peoples have the right to determine and develop priorities
and strategies for the development or use of their lands, territories
and other resources, including the right to require that States obtain
their free and informed consent prior to the approval of any project
affecting their lands, territories and other resources, particularly
in connection with the development, utilization or exploitation of
mineral, water or other resources. Pursuant to agreements with the
indigenous peoples concerned, just and fair compensation shall be
provided for any such activities and measures taken to mitigate
adverse environmental, economic, social, cultural or spiritual impact;
Part VII
Article 31.
Indigenous peoples, as a specific form of exercising their right to
self determination, have the right to autonomy or self-government in
matters relating to their internal and local affairs, including
culture, religion, education, information, media, health, housing,
employment, social welfare, economic activities, land and resource
management, environment and entry by non-members, as well as ways and
means for financing these autonomous functions.
Article 32.
Indigenous peoples have the collective right to determine their own
citizenship in accordance with their customs and traditions.
Indigenous citizenship does not impair the right of indigenous
individuals to obtain citizenship of the States in which they live.
Indigenous peoples have the right to determine the structures and to
select the membership of their institutions in accordance with their
own procedures.
Article 33.
Indigenous peoples have the right to promote, develop and maintain
their institutional structures and their distinctive juridical
customs, traditions, procedures and practices, in accordance with
internationally recognized human right standards.
Article 34.
Indigenous peoples have the collective right to determine the
responsibilities of individuals to their communities.
Article 35.
Indigenous peoples, in particular those divided by international
borders, have the right to maintain and develop contacts, relations
and cooperation, including activities for spiritual, cultural,
political, economic and social purposes, with other peoples across the
borders.
States shall take effective measures to ensure the exercise and
implementation of this right.
Article 36.
Indigenous peoples have the right to the recognition, observance and
enforcement of treaties, agreements and other constructive
arrangements concluded with States or their successors, according to
their original spirit and intent, and to have States honour and
respect such treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements.
Conflicts and disputes which cannot otherwise be settled should be
submitted to competent international bodies agreed to by all parties
concerned;
Part VIII
Article 37.
States shall take effective and appropriate measures, in consultation
with the indigenous peoples concerned, to give full effect to the
provisions of this Declaration. The rights recognized herein shall be
adopted and included in national legislation in such a manner that
indigenous peoples can avail themselves of such rights in practice.
Article 38.
Indigenous people have the right to have access to adequate financial
and technicial assistance, from States and through international
cooperation, to pursue freely their political, economic, social,
cultural and spiritual development and for the enjoyment of the rights
and freedoms recognized in this Declaration.
Article 39.
Indigenous peoples have the right to have access to and prompt
decision through mutually acceptable and fair procedures for the
resolution of conflicts and disputes with the states, as well as to
effective remedies for all infringements of their individual and
collective rights. Such a decision shall take into consideration the
customs, traditions, rules and legal systems of the indigenous peoples
concerned.
Article 40.
The organs and specialized agencies of the United Nations system and
other intergovernmental organizations shall contribute to the full
realization of the provisions of this Declaration through the
mobilization, inter alia , of financial cooperation and technical
assistance. Ways and means of ensuring participation of indigenous
peoples on issues affecting them shall be established.
Article 41.
The United Nations shall take the necessary steps to ensure the
implementation of this Declaration including the creation of a body at
the highest level with special competence in this field and with the
direct participation of indigenous peoples. All United Nations bodies
shall promote respect for and full application of the provisions of
this Declaration.
Part IX
Article 42.
The rights recognized herein constitute the minimum standards for the
survival, dignity and well-being of the indigenous peoples of the world.
Article 43.
All the rights and freedoms recognized herein are equally garanteed to
male and female indigenous individuals.
Article 44.
Nothing in this Declaration may be construed as diminishing or
extinguishing or future rights of indigenous peoples may have or acquire.
Article 45.
Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any
State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to
perform any act contrary to the Charter of the United Nations.
Source: United Nations Economic and Social Council, Commission on
Human Rights, Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and
Protection of Minorities, Discrimination Against Indigenous Peoples,
Report of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations on its eleventh
session. Chairperson-Rapporteur: Erica-Irene A. Daes. U.N. Doc.
E/CN.4/Sub.2.1993/29/Annex I.23 August 1993
* See also the plain version of the Draft Declaration
* Articles about the Draft Declaration
>From e-mail received at the Native Law Centre:
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000
It is difficult to sum up what happened on Day Two of the Working
Group proceedings, which focused upon the process of attempting to
"elaborate" a Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, as
mandated by the Commission on Human Rights. Of necessity, this report
must attempt to describe the tone of the day.
The Indigenous delegations tried to communicate their
dissatisfaction with how things have gone over the past several years.
There were complaints about the states failing to relate their
positions and to justify them. The buzz over Canada's and New
Zealand's "secret" positions was reflected in comments about a lack of
"transparency, and candour, and discussions of "formal" and "informal"
process. Most Indigenous delegates said that they wanted the states to
tell their precise objections to the proposed draft and to back them
up with specific objections that were directly linked to standards of
international law. Some delegates attempted to define "consensus,"
because the Working Group is to operate with consensus when adopting
specific articles.
The divide in the room was obvious. The state members, who sit in
the front of the room, wore suits and expensive attire. The Indigenous
representatives dressed more casually. The Indigenous representatives
each attempted to tell the group that the states simply weren't
listening and that there was a real question of a process where the
states would caucus separately to exchange their hidden agendas while
leaving the Indigenous representatives in the dark.
The state representatives who spoke declared their support of the
Declaration -in principle- while saying that there were problems with
the Declaration draft. One declared divide was that the Indigenous
representatives insisted upon adopting the Declaration draft
word-for-word while there were "problems." The Indigenous position was
that the Declaration draft was the product of years of discussions
among the "experts," and that if there were any objections, they
should be stated clearly and specifically, and they should be
justified in terms of principles of international law.
Most of the state presentations were bafflegab; the UN-speak way
of saying something important without saying anything at all. New
Zealand said that it had a "firm commitment to getting a Declaration,"
stating its "but..." in a cloud of smoke. Canada called upon the
Indigenous Peoples to approach its proposals "with an open mind."
After one Indigenous delegate called Canada to task for injecting
internal politics into the proceedings and not offering an
international law basis for its position, Australia rose to say that
there were problems with the Declaration, and when it offered new
language, it would be supported by international law. Some states
attempted to be helpful. Denmark proposed that the Indigenous
representatives should be invited to listen on on government
consultations to "demystify" the process; that there should be formal
and informal proceedings with an Indigenous co-chair; that there
should be meetings by region to discuss the issues; and that perhaps
it would be a good idea to have academics discuss the issues to find
commonalties. Switzerland and Cuba made pleas for the Working Group to
listen to the Indigenous point of view.
The Indigenous representatives complained about the process and
secret dealings among the states, insisting that objections must have
a basis in international law; that there must be justifications for
objections, a rationale, a statement of why specific proposals were
inaccurate, and criteria for changes.
It was interesting to watch the U.S. delegation. When the states
wanted to speak, they would tip their sign sideways to signal a desire
to speak. At one point late in the morning, the United States sign was
tipped up, and we waited to hear what the U.S. had to say. Early in
the afternoon, two U.S. representatives intently debated a draft of
notes, which were covered with correction marks and crossouts. One
delegate had a little pile of hand-written, note card-like notes.
Finally, the U.S. sign went down, and it did not speak.
The chair would respond to the Indigenous points now and then,
noting in a schoolmaster-like tone that the Indigenous representatives
were mistaken in their complaints about separate discussions of the
state delegates or in the definition of what "consensus" happened to be.
In sum, there was a clear divide in the room, with the Indigenous
representatives complaining of back room deals and bogus objections to
the draft, while the states declared their support in general terms
-with reservations- and the chair lectured the Indigenous delegations
about how their objections were wrong or did not conform to UN procedure.
The United States delegation called a meeting after the session in
the large lounge downstairs. The U.S. Indigenous delegates earnestly
implored the U.S. to talk. They asked what the specific objections
were and how they were grounded in fundamental principles of
international law. They said that the U.S. could be an example and
show leadership to promote human rights for Indigenous Peoples around
the world. There was a general response by Michael Dennis to the
effect that while there might not be objections to most provisions in
the case of the Indigenous Peoples of the U.S., there were grave
international implications. For example, if there was a statement that
Indigenous Peoples had the right to self-determination, that might be
used to justify an uprising in some remote part of the globe.
The meeting lasted about two hours. At the end, the U.S. told the
Indigenous delegations that there would be a response about having
meetings to discuss the specific issues, but that the logistic details
would have to be worked out.
Today, there will be "general" discussions of self-determination
and natural resource issues before the body goes on to articles 1, 2,
12, 13, 14, 44 and 45.
Opinion: "There is nothing new under the sun." The tone of
proceedings is to the effect that the Indigenous representatives are
unreasonable in insisting that the declaration draft be adopted as is.
The complaints about process, back room talks among the states, and a
lack of reasoned dissent were countered by the chair in terms of
"that's not the way things are done at the UN;" "this chair always
plays by the rules;" and "you simply do not understand." The gulf on a
statement of the basic rights of indigenous peoples echoes the ancient
Spanish debates over whether Indians are human, and whether the states
will grudgingly acknowledge that Indigenous peoples have rights at
all. Several of the states insisted that if there is to be an
international declaration of indigenous rights, it must be limited by
national law.
The United Nations wants a declaration before the close of the
Decade of Indigenous Peoples, and several of the states want something
on paper. The question is what the final product will be. Indigenous
peoples went to the UN because of horrible conditions around the
world, and there is still a hesitance to put anything on paper that
has any meaning, because of course that would give some support for
indigenous demands that their land rights, political autonomy, or
ability to have some leverage for their position would have UN sanction.
As I struggle to finish this to get ready for today's discussions
of self-determination and natural resources, I wonder how the obvious
divide will be closed. While one state delegate declared that "there
is no hidden agenda," it is obvious that there is one. Australia, New
Zealand, Canada and the United States are up to something, but we do
not know what they are discussing. They are the "Abracadabra Boys,"
who make pitty-pat in secret tongues, talking down to us, "the
rabble." The problem is that this is a deadly game, which has real
meaning for Indigenous people who are being murdered and robbed. The
states quibble, while the Indigenous representatives attempt to reach
out for dialogue, asking simply, "What is wrong with the draft that
took so many years to write?"
James W. Zion
Navajo Working Group for Human Rights
The Navajo Working Group for Human Rights is a private NGO which
is not affiliated with the Government of the Navajo Nation.
For those of you who need a print copy of the Draft Declaration there
is a copy in:
* Justice for Native : searching for common ground Edited by
Andrea P. Morrison. isbn 077351645x. p. 315 to 327.
* Leonardy, Matthias First Nations Criminal Jurisdicition in
Canada : the Aboriginal right to peacemaking under public
international and Canadian consitutional law. Native Law Centre,
University of Saskatchewan, 1998 isbn 0888803672
Commisson on Human Rights Intersessional Working Group on the Draft
Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Day 1 i.e. October
18th, 1999. Information provided by Netwarriors Report.
The url for this site is: http://www.usask.ca/nativelaw/ddir.html
------ Forwarded Message From: huhana62 <huhanas_consultancy at hotmail.com>
Kia Ora, due to the lack of financial support for disabled Maori to go to
the UN and work on the IDC (International Disability Convention) while the
Pakeha are being funded with no problems. A new group sitting along side the
international IDC working group has been set up for indigenous people to
support each other to fight to have our article presented to the States for
inclusion in the IDC. I invite indigenous disabled to consider joining and
becoming involved. Haua Maori need representation in partnership with non
Maori disabled on an equal basis to represent the issues at international
level. We are being excluded, this group is aimed at reducing that
disparity.
I have set up the new group and invite people to join especially the members
of the original working group on the article of indigenous peoples.
If anyone is visually impaired email me directly and I can join you.
The url for the group is: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IIDCWG/ to join the
email addy is: IIDCWG-subscribe at yahoogroups.com
It is my philosophy that people who wish to support the article are welcome
to join. I therefore encourage everyone who wish to comment and be
involvedin having this article gain support to join and be involved.
I look forward to seeing the group develop.
Huhana
Native Solidarity News at
www.ckut.ca/nsn/
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