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... the European People's Party as the rapporteur of a report on the EU's policy on the high north. ...
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Canada's position is that the declaration is not a legally binding instrument and it has no legal affect in Canada," said Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) spokesperson Patricia Valladao. "So we cannot support the change of the senior rapporteur's mandate.
"We remain shocked and angered at Canada's refusal to support this important international human rights instrument," said Union of B.C. Chiefs Grand Chief Stewart Phillip. "It is truly ironic that four first world countries that have become prosperous through the exploitation of the lands and resources of the Indigenous peoples, including Canada, chose to oppose the adoption of the declaration."
"Canada had tried to use any kind of 'sweet language' for the declaration to be blocked. However, the African countries ... refused...
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...The UN special rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Gabriel...
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Basically, we're meeting to keep momentum going regarding work that's been done on the recommendations made in the 1999 report by United Nations Human Rights Commission Special Rapporteur Miguel Alfonso Martinez," explained Ron Lameman, bilateral process worker for the Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations, which hosted the conference. "We checked the report card regarding what nation states have done with the recommendations regarding the implementation of treaties, international agreements and human rights legislation. Unfortunately, they failed miserably.
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... the work of various "Special Rapporteurs" and working groups focusing on thematic issues or...
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Miloon Kothari, the UN's Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, said he visited the Lubicons at Little Buffalo where he witnessed "how families still live without access to water and sanitation in appalling living conditions, and how development projects continue to lead to the loss of lands and the asphyxiation of livelihoods and traditional practices.
Throughout the mission I was disturbed to see the devastating impact of the paternalism that marks federal and provincial government, legislations, policies and budgetary allocation for Aboriginal people on and off reserve," he said "These policies have seriously compromised the right to self-determination that Aboriginal people enjoy under the original treaties and the International Covenant on ESCR."
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... la visite effectuée en Chine par le Rapporteur spécial de l’ONU sur la torture. Le Rapporteur ...
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...The UN special rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Gabriel...
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...-President of the APF, Quebec Section, Rapporteur of the APF's Political Committee and Member for Ve...
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