News
August 22, 2013
At a session of Canadian Yearly Meeting on August 22nd, Friends were in deep and immediate unity that the Doctrine of Discovery must be repudiated by […]
July 5, 2013
Photo credit Mary Kosta Are you interested in human rights or international law? Do you want to learn more about the phrase we often hear that […]
June 12, 2013
Photo credit Mary Kosta In a recent article in the Montreal Gazette (10 June 2013), the Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt is reported as denying that […]
May 24, 2013
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Twelfth session New York, 20 – 31 May 2013 Agenda Item 7: Human Rights Study on the extent of violence against […]
May 1, 2013
Canada’s human rights record just underwent a peer review process under the United Nations Human Rights Council. A number of organizations, including CFSC, have issued this […]
April 26, 2013
We joined with over 20 Indigenous organizations and other supporters to work on and endorse a submission about Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity for […]
May 15, 2012
On this, International Conscientious Objectors Day (May 15th), The Canadian Council of Churches’ Commission on Justice and Peace has released a letter that it wrote to […]
April 27, 2012
There is a critical need to affirm and safeguard the customary land and resource rights of Indigenous peoples – especially in the context of food security. […]
April 27, 2011
Indigenous peoples and human rights organizations call for an immediate end to discrimination against First Nations families Indigenous peoples and human rights organizations urge all political […]