Japan: Canada Accepts Reference To UN Declaration – And Continues To Undermine It

Japan: Canada Accepts Reference To UN Declaration – And Continues To Undermine It Deluged by increasing international criticism, the Canadian government agreed to a minimal “noting” of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the preamble of the draft Protocol on access and benefit sharing from the use of genetic resources being negotiated in Nagoya. In other provisions, Canada joined other States in meetings that were closed to representatives of Indigenous...

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