Indigenous Peoples’ human rights

Fact sheet on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. (Updated 2017)

Analysis of Indigenous peoples’ human rights, the UN Declaration, and sustainable development in international law. (2017)

Truth and Reconciliation: A Guide for Canadian Quakers. (2015)

Queries for Friends as we engage with reconciliation. (2015)

Background information on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada for Quakers in Canada “We have this incredible opportunity before us to develop and nurture relations […]

Frequently Asked Questions about the Doctrine of Discovery & Terra Nullius (2015) Download this FAQ in PDF. What is the doctrine of discovery and terra nullius? […]

  Download this joint report (PDF) on Canada’s failure to resolve specific land claims. (2015)

Download this legal analysis by CFSC associate member Paul Joffe in PDF. UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Not Merely “Aspirational” By Paul Joffe […]

Download this 2014 brief (PDF) on the Tsilhqot’in Nation decision and key connections to international law.