Taking Indigenous Environmental Claims to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
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Oct. 16, 2019
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Southeast Alaskan Tribes have depended for millennia upon the pristine watersheds of the Taku, Stikine, and Unuk rivers. These rivers flow through varied and wild landscapes from British Columbia through Alaska and are teeming with fish fundamental to the Tribes’ cultural practices and livelihoods. Six mines in these watersheds in British Columbia endanger downstream fish populations through the release of toxic mine waste and acidic waters, imminently threatening the human rights of Southeast Alaskan Tribes to culture and an adequate means of subsistence. To safeguard their human rights from these mines, some of these Tribes have submitted a petition against Canada to the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights, a tribunal created by the Organization of American States. This session will review the human rights petition brought by several Southeast Alaskan Tribes and provide insight into using human rights strategies to supplement domestic environmental legal strategies.
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