The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples explained (1:53)
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is the result of almost 25 years of collaboration between UN member states and Indigenous peoples from around the world. Indigenous leaders from Canada played a significant role in its development, including drafting and negotiating.
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act creates a lasting and action-oriented framework to advance federal implementation of the Declaration in consultation and cooperation with Indigenous peoples.
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act - A Collaborative Process (3:12)
In 2018, the B.C. government and the First Nations Leadership Council began collaborative development of landmark provincial legislation. The drafting team introduced the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act in 14 months’ time. The Declaration Act was unanimously passed, making B.C. the first jurisdiction in Canada, and one of the few in the world, to pass such a law. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada considers this the framework for reconciliation. ((Jan 28, 2021)
How UNDRIP Changes Canada’s Relationship with Indigenous Peoples (5:13)
The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and the Wiyasiwewin Mikiwahp Native Law Centre of the University of Saskatchewan College of Law recently released a collection of short essays — titled UNDRIP Implementation: Braiding International, Domestic and Indigenous Laws — that discusses how international law, domestic constitutional law and Indigenous law can support full implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Canada. In this video, the collection’s contributors provide an overview of how the relationship between Indigenous peoples and the Canadian government has changed since first contact. The effort to bring harmony to these diverse stands of law — international, domestic and Indigenous — amid reconciliation comes with both risk and opportunity. (2018)
Adolescent version of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
#Next150 Challenge - Understanding UNDRIP
A challenge to read the 46 Articles of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and to take the UNDRIP quiz below to test your understanding.
