Thursday, September 20, 2007
Following up my confusion about the UN declaration on indigenous peoples (which New Zealand voted against), Robin sent me a Radio New Zealand piece (vanished, but still in Google cache) which says that the declaration isn’t good enough.
It “implies different classes of citizenship”, and it could “put[...] into question matters that have been settled by [...]
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
On September 13th the UN General Assembly adopted the “UN Declaration of Indigenous Rights of Indigenous Peoples” with 144 votes for, 11 abstentions, and votes against from Australia, the US, Canada, and New Zealand.11. Hat tip: of all places, I came upon this news on BoingBoing. [↪]
I’m intrigued, confused, and slightly worried about the [...]