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Guatemala will pay $3 million to massacre victims (Reuters)

Guatemala will pay $3 million to compensate victims of a civil war-era massacre in order to comply with an international court ruling, the nation's human rights chief said on Monday. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights called for the payments after concluding that the Guatemalan...

21 December, 2009

ICC moves to patch up Inuit climate change rift (Nunatsiaq Online)

In an effort to patch up the rift between pro-and anti-development Inuit on how to respond to climate change, Inuit and other Arctic indigenous peoples put on a big show of unity Dec. 16 at Inuit and Arctic Indigenous Peoples Day. There, inside the North...

17 December, 2009

Crown accused of fuelling tribal tensions (The New Zealand Herald)

The Crown came under a stinging attack for allegedly fuelling tribal tensions, when East Coast Maori met at a special Waitangi Tribunal hearing Wellington today. The Crown has been accused of ignoring the rights of other groups by granting Te Runanga o Ngati Porou the...

14 December, 2009