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Indigenous groups review progress made since rights declaration
Leaders from indigenous groups in Africa, Latin America and Canada gathered in Montreal last week to compare notes on what's happened in the 4 years since the UN's Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Link’s Carmel Kilkenny reports on the advances they’ve made and the challenges they still face.
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- McGill Institute for the Study of International Development
- UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- Nanwakolas Council - British Columbia
- Hassan Id Balkassm
- Candente Project - Peru - Joanne Freeze
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