RIGHTS: Govts Failing Indigenous Declaration, U.N. Expert Says

Source: Inter Press Service

Santiago : Chile | about 1 month ago

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A top U.N. expert on human rights law called Monday for governments to match their words with deeds and make good on promises to respect indigenous communities' right to live as they wish. "The indigenous peoples are suffering everywhere," James Anaya, the U.N.'s special rapporteur on the situation...

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