Media advisory: McGill hosts international conference on indigenous rights
Across the globe and across time, one of the most egregious historical dynamics has been the consistent denial of basic rights for indigenous peoples. On September 13, 2007, the UN General Assembly adopted the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The fact that this nonbinding declaration took over 20 years to negotiate underscores both the importance of the Declaration鈥檚 adoption, as well as the extreme complexity of the challenges facing over 370 million people around the globe.
On Nov. 17 and 18, 2011, the Institute for the Study of International Development (ISID) at McGill will host an international conference to examine the challenge of respecting the rights of indigenous peoples. The conference will bring together representatives of indigenous peoples from Africa, Latin America and North America, and key actors at the national and international levels in an effort to find practical solutions to problems of poverty, exclusion and victimization faced by indigenous peoples everywhere.
Esteemed panelists include: Robert Watts, Vice-President and Senior Partner, First Peoples Group; and Willie Littlechild, Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and member of the UN鈥檚 Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
- WHO:聽聽聽The Institute for the Study of International聽聽Development
- WHAT:聽聽International Conference: The Challenge of Respecting Indigenous Peoples鈥� Rights
- WHEN:聽聽聽Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011, 3 鈥� 8 p.m., Friday, Nov. 18, 2011, 9 a.m. 鈥� 7 p.m.
- WHERE:聽Nov. 17: 香蕉视频, Faculty Club Ballroom, 3450 McTavish St.; Nov. 18: Mus茅e des Beaux-Arts de Montr茅al, Maxwell Cummings Auditorium, 1379 Sherbrooke St. West
On site translation will allow the speakers to be heard in Spanish, French and English.
Conference Program: /isid/events/conf2011.
