Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 16, 2024 4:38:08 GMT 12
HOME PLACE FOR INDIGENOUS RIGHTS BATTLE
Māori Party president John Tamihere says New Zealand needs to put the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples into domestic law – but it won’t happen under the current Government.
Foreign Minister Winston Peters has dismissed as fallacious a report by the Human Rights Commission to last week’s Expert Mechanism in Geneva on New Zealand’s lack of progress on implementing the declaration.
Mr Tamihere says Mr Peters consistently rejects the idea of Indigenous rights in Aotearoa.....
waateanews.com/2024/07/15/home-place-for-indigenous-rights-battle/
Māori Party president John Tamihere says New Zealand needs to put the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples into domestic law – but it won’t happen under the current Government.
Foreign Minister Winston Peters has dismissed as fallacious a report by the Human Rights Commission to last week’s Expert Mechanism in Geneva on New Zealand’s lack of progress on implementing the declaration.
Mr Tamihere says Mr Peters consistently rejects the idea of Indigenous rights in Aotearoa.....
waateanews.com/2024/07/15/home-place-for-indigenous-rights-battle/