Just published:
"Evolution of Indigenous Peoples’ Rights as Human Rights: Contribution of Sámi Rights Cases at UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies"
– by Martin Scheinin & Mattias Åhrén
https://doi.org/10.1080/18918131.2026.2639220
#OpenAccess
#IndigenousPeoples
#humanRights
#culture
#selfDetermination
#nonDiscrimination
#positiveObligations
#intergenerationalRights
#climateChange
#NordicCountries
#SámiPeople
#UNHumanRightsTreatyBodies
#FPIC
#UNDRIP
Trudeau was criticized by some who thought his policies somehow acquiesced to every demand by any First Nation. But really what his Ministry did first was show that there was a way of communication of respect and dialogue.
Clearly the new Federal Minister of Energy has some learning to do if he wants the Federal government to have any chance at a relationship that results in them achieving any of the government's goals.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #FirstNations #Respect #FPIC
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/energy-minister-hodgson-apologizes-zoom-comment-coastal-first-nations-9.6997207
To fix the climate, simply empower #Indigenous people
by Kiki Taufik, 10 Nov 2025
"Climate change is the defining issue of our age. While nations search for complex technological solutions at this year’s high-stakes climate meeting in the Amazon city of #Belém, a simpler yet powerful answer has been waiting in the wings. I saw it firsthand in the forests of #WestPapua’s Bird’s Head Peninsula in the company of #IndigenousYouth from the Amazon, the #CongoBasin, and #Borneo.
"They showed me a truth that the world has been overlooking: one of the most effective climate solutions lies in empowering Indigenous people.
"In this way, we can prevent an immense amount of carbon emissions from #deforestation and preserve priceless #biodiversity and all the benefits we reap from it. It’s a strategy that more than pays for itself."
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/to-fix-the-climate-simply-empower-indigenous-people-commentary/
#SolarPunkSunday #MongaBay #SiraDeclaration #ClimateChange #UNDRIP #FPIC #AmazonRiverBasin #IndigenousPeople #IndigenousSolutions #TraditionalIndigenousKnowledge
Climate change is the defining issue of our age. While nations search for complex technological solutions at this year’s high-stakes climate meeting in the Amazon city of Belém, a simpler yet powerful answer has been waiting in the wings. I saw it firsthand in the forests of West Papua’s Bird’s Head Peninsula in the company […]
“Redwashing is the gap between a company’s marketing and its reality. A company cannot ‘redwash’ its operations by sponsoring a community festival while simultaneously ignoring its duty to obtain consent on a project.”
#Indigenous #FPIC #legal #law #risk #OSC #CSA #TSX #industry #majorprojects #development
The Anishnawbe Business Professional Association (ABPA) is calling on the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) to take stronger action against “redwashing” — the corporate misuse of reconciliation language. ABPA warned that redwashing could expose investors, pension funds, and taxpayers to major financial losses.
“If you can fine a company for lying about its environmental claims, you can and must use those exact same anti-misrepresentation powers against a company that lies about its Indigenous partnerships.”
#Indigenous #redwashing #FPIC #FirstNations #ONpoli #Ontario #reconciliation #securities #regulators
The Anishnawbe Business Professional Association (ABPA) is calling on the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) to take stronger action against “redwashing” — the corporate misuse of reconciliation language. ABPA warned that redwashing could expose investors, pension funds, and taxpayers to major financial losses.
“Favorable Lake is a constant reminder of what happens when governments and companies walk away from their responsibilities. #Ontario has still not cleaned up that mine. If they couldn’t manage old contamination, how can we trust them to manage new development under a weaker process?”
#Indigenous #FirstNations #ONpoli #mining #consultation #FPIC
North Spirit Lake First Nation is calling on the Province of Ontario to immediately pause its new “One Project, One Process” policy, warning that the framework threatens to silence Indigenous voices, weaken environmental protections, and violate constitutional and international obligations to Indigenous Peoples.
Groups living in voluntary isolation have “minimal to no contact with those outside of their own group,” said Dr. Subhra Bhattacharjee, director general of the Forest Stewardship Council & an #IndigenousRights expert based in Germany. “A simple cold that you & I recover from in a week…they could die of that cold.”
Beyond disease, contact can destroy livelihoods & belief systems. #InternationalLaw requires free, prior & informed consent — known as #FPIC — before any activity on #IndigenousLands.
SVENSKA KYRKAN - SLUTA SKÖVLA SKOGEN!
Tidigt igår morse gjorde aktivister från Extinction Rebellion en aktion mot Svenska kyrkans skogsbruk. Banderoll hängdes upp på Umeå stadskyrka, Uppsala domkyrka, Storkyrkan i Stockholm och Göteborgs domkyrka med krav om att skydda 30% av skogsinnehavet, bruka resterande 70% med naturnära skogsbruk och respektera samernas urfolksrätt till fritt informerat förhandssamtycke (FPIC, Free, Prior and Informed Consent) vid alla skogsåtgärder i Sápmi.
Vårt första krav i XR är att tala klarspråk. Våra krav på Svenska kyrkan är precis vad som behövs i ett planetärt nödläge för både klimat och biologisk mångfald, samt för att vara i linje med internationella konventioner om mänskliga rättigheter och miljö. Svenska kyrkans skogsutredning, som föreslår 20% skydd, 33% naturnära skogsbruk och 47% fortsatt kalhuggande, samt renskötselanpassning på enbart en tredjedel av marken i Sápmi, är helt enkelt otillräcklig.
Kalhyggen är oerhört skadliga för både klimat, biologisk mångfald och renskötsel, och Svenska kyrkan kan aldrig bli en trovärdig förkämpe för miljö och mänskliga rättigheter om de fortsätter kalhugga. Att förvärra pågående existentiella kriser genom sitt kalhuggande är också skadligt för en organisation som säger sig vårda människors själar och är en plats för livets största existentiella frågor. Att inte fullt ut respektera urfolksrätten i skogsbruket gör också att Svenska kyrkans ursäkt till det samiska folket för sina historiska övergrepp blir meningslös.
Fram till på söndag är det kyrkoval, och alla medlemmar i Svenska kyrkan från 16 år kan rösta och påverka Svenska kyrkans skogsbruk. Vi i XR är partipolitiskt obundna, men vi uppmanar alla nomineringsgrupper ("kyrkopartier") att ta ställning till våra krav, samt alla medlemmar i Svenska Kyrkan att rösta för 30% skyddad skog, 70% naturnära skogsbruk och att FPIC respekteras fullt ut i Sápmi.
#kyrkoval #kyrkoval2025 #röstaikyrkovalet #röstaförskogen #svenskakyrkan #skog #fpic #klimat #biologiskmångfald #skogsbruk #naturnäraskogsbruk #kalhyggenärmord #urfolksrätt #frittinformeratförhandssamtycke #skyddaskogen #30x30 #talaklarspråk #skogsutredningen
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