Michael Murphy

07 May Crown and Tainui seal river agreement (The New Zealand Herald)

Posted at 20:02h in News, Posts

Tainui and the Crown will jointly govern, restore and protect the Waikato River under the terms of a Treaty of Waitangi claim settlement enacted by Parliament yesterday. The public galleries of the debating chamber were packed with iwi members and the Maori King, Tuheitia, was...

06 May Quebec says it will endorse aboriginal rights declaration: Province plans to table motion before July (The Gazette)

Posted at 20:04h in News, Posts

The Quebec government yesterday signaled its intention to endorse an international document that recognizes aboriginal rights, while pursuing negotiations with Ottawa on the issue. The move came after the opposition Parti Québécois and aboriginal leaders called on the province to sign the United Nations Declaration...

05 May Regional commission seeks justice for indigenous rights abuses: Inter-American Commission of Human Rights blames governments for torture and negligence (Latin America Press)

Posted at 20:06h in News, Posts

The Washington-based Inter-American Commission of Human Rights, a branch of the Organization of American States, has presented two law suits against the governments of Argentina and Ecuador for negligence in two human rights abuse cases against indigenous citizens. The body presented the two cases to...