How the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People drove the B.C. government to a crisis point
When governments sign a document committing to obtain the free and informed consent of Indigenous peoples before approving projects affecting their lands or resources, do they mean it?

That is the question at the heart of the controversy that has plagued the B.C. government for months.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-dripa-crisis-point-9.7175559?cmp=rss

The histories of #enslavement, #displacement and organised #theft are foundational to the modern world - the #UNdeclaration "calls on all nations to recognise what happened, teach its history honestly, and remember the victims"

How utterly disturbing that @EUCommission @Bundesregierung refused to do so... #Europe continuing on its exploitative trajectory, no lessons learned 😭

#history #culpability #reparations #europe #africa #ghana #EU #TransatlanticSlaveTrade #UN

https://theconversation.com/the-transatlantic-slave-trade-is-the-gravest-crime-against-humanity-why-the-un-declaration-matters-279218