Sentences with phrase «indigenous land claims»

Indigenous land claims.

«Indigenous Land Claims» In The Canadian Encyclopedia.

• Revoke law 30230 that weakens Peru's environmental protection procedures and institutions, and prioritizes investments in agriculture and the extractive sector over land where there are pending indigenous land claims; strengthen and apply adequate resources to the National Service of Environmental Certification for Sustainable Investments (SENACE), the body entrusted with improving Peru's environmental impact assessment framework.

• Process pending indigenous land claims that cover over 20 million hectares of forest, and realize the rights of Peru's indigenous communities as enshrined in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

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State and federal courts and mediators are dealing with hundreds of Native American land claims, and indigenous tribes in the U.S. and Canada have filed suits demanding reparations for various crimes, such as the abuse of students in parochial and government - run schools.

Just as the book illustrates, there is still debate in Australia about who can legitimately claim rights to the land - indigenous Australians, or descendants of the original European settlers.

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Peru's forests are home to more than 300,000 indigenous peoples, such as Chota's Ashéninka group, who claim rights to their traditional lands.

The Ministry of Energy and Mines claims that reducing the environmental requirements — weakening the country's environmental framework - will promote investment in the country, but environmental campaigners point out that key stakeholders such as civil society, indigenous peoples, and academics should be consulted about changes in laws that would affect forests and community lands - such as the proposed elimination of environmental impact assessments.

The Court's argument (at para 114) that «no one would have been in charge» of the forests unless the BC government intended the words «vested in the Crown» to apply to lands with pending claims of aboriginal title is further evidence of the Court's lack of acknowledgment of the possibility of indigenous laws.

He recently represented the Indigenous Bar Association when it participated as an intervener before the Supreme Court of Canada in the Tsilhqot» in Nation v. British Columbia land claim case.

Lawyers who have never had an Indigenous client are more likely to think about land claims, the Indian Residential Schools Settlement, or Gladue reports in criminal court.

At the same time, international law - makers are very aware that Indigenous title and claims to lands, territories and other resources has been and still is disregarded, relentlessly; be it through brutal force, corruption, a complicated maze of bureaucracy and regulation, or simple neglect and contempt.

According to a statement from Newbould's lawyer Brian Gover of Stockwoods LLP, the Indigenous Bar Association filed a complaint with the CJC related to a proposed land claim settlement that was discussed in 2014 at a public meeting called by the Mayor of Sauble Beach.

While at this point there is not yet a crystal clear general legal requirement in Canadian law to consult with Indigenous peoples on the negotiation and ratification of international treaties, a number of «modern'treaties, called comprehensive land claims settlements, include explicit obligations on Canada to consult with the Indigenous party in advance of new international treaties that might affect rights under these agreements.

Among the Calls to Action is a demand for the repudiation of the «doctrine of discovery» that gave European colonizers the right to claim discovered lands as their own, as well as a request to implement the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

He also established CIRA as a leader in the domain name industry in the use of social media.Prior to joining CIRA, Mark spent a decade working in Indigenous health policy, first as a Community Development Officer at an Inuit land claim organization in the Western Canadian Arctic, then as the Director of Communications and Research at the National Aboriginal Health Organization in Ottawa.Mark is based in Ottawa, Canada.

In the context of environmental assessment, for example, this may mean assessments carried out by collaboratively managed institutions such as the plethora of co-management boards enabled by northern land claims agreements (see for example those established under the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act), or it may mean enabling parallel assessments by Indigenous nations and the Crown (for an example see this independent assessment by the Tsleil Waututh Nation of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain tankers and pipelines project), followed by reconciliation negotiations to reach agreement on outcomes.

Nelligan O'Brien Payne LLP's Indigenous Law group services include implementation of land claims agreements, taxation issues, land use and habitat issues, revenue sharing, resource development negotiations, construction contracts, employment matters, residential school claims and many others that may be required by First Nations and Inuit Organizations.

In the same vein, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples has criticized Canada for not having «a coherent process or policy in place to address the land and compensation claims of the Métis people.»

negotiating agreements that deal with land claims, self - government and other Indigenous rights issues,

Implicitly, this move recognizes the inherent worth and dignity of Indigenous peoples» land claims.

Indeed, Justice Moldaver recognized that the majority's approach «risks excluding Indigenous religious freedom claims involving land from the scope of s 2 (a) protection... [because] there is an inextricable link between spirituality and land in Indigenous religious traditions» (at para 131).

The Mabo decision led to the establishment of the native title claims process under the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) and of the Indigenous Land Fund, administered by the Indigenous Land Corporation.

Negotiation based on consent and equality can transform what was a contradiction at the foundation of our nation between the conflicting claims of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people to the jurisdiction of traditional lands, into an agreement as to the basis of our coexisting sovereignty.

These are basic entitlements of all Australian citizens and should be provided regardless of whether a person is Indigenous or involved in a land claim.

The Committee wishes to receive more detailed information, including statistical data, on the extent to which such arrangements respond to indigenous claims over land.

Most land rights legislation started with the transfer of ownership over former reserves to Indigenous peoples, and many now allow claims over unused Crown land.

The procedural rights provided in the NTA [5]- to be notified and to comment where state governments propose future acts as part of implementing state land use policy - are also important to Indigenous participation on land the subject of a native title claim, even though they are less extensive than the right to negotiate.

This is even where the Indigenous peoples making the different claims under the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act and the Native Title Act are connected.

While there is a tendency across the country for Indigenous groups to describe themselves as nations defined by language, descent and territory, land and native title claims have often split groups that naturally belong together.

[insert following sentence from below] The Native Title Act allowed indigenous groups [deleted: to lay claim to unallocated Crownseek formal recognition and protection of their traditional rights in] land to which they had a clear cultural connection.

In Queensland, any group of Indigenous people may claim «claimable» land on the basis of traditional affiliation54 or historical association, 55 as well as economic or cultural viability.56 This acknowledges the greater impact of colonisation within these states, which saw substantial numbers of Indigenous people removed from their traditional lands to other regions under government powers to remove and confine Aboriginal people to any Aboriginal reserve.57 It also recognises that this removal did not sever the continuing connection of Indigenous peoples to the land, both their traditional country and reserves.

These «rules» under the Act are generally an unusual way for Indigenous people to perceive their relationship to traditional country, and it is common for any resultant claim to not exactly represent Indigenous perception of their community's relationship with the land.

These included: self - government; land claims; community - controlled services; knowledge of indigenous languages; women in positions of leadership; and facilities dedicated to cultural purposes.

I have met with many Indigenous people, including recently at the handover or conclusion, if you like, of the title deeds of the Kenbi land claim in Darwin not so long ago, which I think many of you were present at.»

Within this process there is capacity for States to adopt policies which broaden the scope of their negotiations with native title claim groups so that agreements can give recognition to the ongoing connection of Indigenous people to their land and provide an alternative and additional basis for the recognition of Indigenous peoples» economic and social rights.

despite the reforms to the native title system, the high cost, complexity and strict rules of evidence applying to claims under the Native Title Act, have a negative impact on the recognition and protection of the right of indigenous peoples to their ancestral lands.

The indigenous peoples of Canada are afforded legislative rights that protect land claim agreements alongside legislative rights under land treaties.

The mutual benefit to be gained from negotiation based on consent and equality is that what was a contradiction at the foundation of our nation between the conflicting claims of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people to the jurisdiction of traditional lands, becomes an agreement as to the basis of our coexistence.

[71] Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, «Kenbi Land Claim» (Media Release, 30 January 2009).

The first land rights legislation that allowed Indigenous people to make claims for land was the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act, 1976 (Cth)(ALRA (NT)-Rland rights legislation that allowed Indigenous people to make claims for land was the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act, 1976 (Cth)(ALRA (NT)-Rland was the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act, 1976 (Cth)(ALRA (NT)-RLand Rights (Northern Territory) Act, 1976 (Cth)(ALRA (NT)-RRB-.

There have been a number of positive developments in Canada over recent years in terms of integrating the social and economic development of Indigenous people with the recognition of Aboriginal rights through the development of comprehensive land claim settlements.

The opportunity that native title can present to governments endeavoring to break the cycle of poverty that pervades Indigenous communities is evidenced by Canadian responses to land claims which integrate economic and social development into the cultural values of the group.

It suggests that the Attorney - General should consider «how to increase the role of the Indigenous Land Fund in the resolution of native title claims».

Queensland land rights legislation appears to increasingly be playing a role in the resolution of native title claims by providing an alternative means for Indigenous people to obtain a substantive title to land.64

The Commission seeks leave to submit that the provisions of the NTA which affect the concept (itself not statutory) of abandonment, the concept of traditional laws and customs, the requisite connection with the claimed land or waters, the burden of proof in relation to cessation, and the role of oral testimony in native title claims, amongst others sub-sec 223 (1), must be construed consistently with human rights standards relating to equality before the law [1], the rights of indigenous minorities to practise and revitalise their culture [2], and freedom of religion [3].

Whether commencing a native title claim process, negotiating an Indigenous Land Use Agreement or establishing a Prescribed Body Corporate, we need appropriate frameworks for participation, decision - making and conflict management to prevent behaviours that result in lateral violence.

These include increased legal and administrative costs in processing native title claims and Registered Aboriginal Party applications, delays to land dealings caused by uncertainty about who are the «right people for country», delays in native title and cultural heritage outcomes for Traditional Owners, and ongoing conflict and division in Indigenous communities.

These state Acts address future act issues arising from the NTA and allow for lands to be transferred to or claimed by Indigenous people in Queensland.