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Fiji wrestles with plans to restore Indigenous rights over world-famous surf breaks

The Guardian 23 Dec 2025
Move to bring back customary marine rights is celebrated, but concerns remain about potential effect on tourism and lack of clarity about how it might work.
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AME calls on BC Premier to appeal court decision on Indigenous rights in mineral claims staking

Mining 12 Dec 2025
The AME is also calling on government to recall the legislature to bring forward substantive amendments to the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act and section 8.1 of the Interpretation Act.
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BC Appeal Court Rules Indigenous Rights Law Enforceable in Province

The Epoch Times 06 Dec 2025
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) must be the “interpretive lens” through which legal matters ...
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British Columbia Court rules Indigenous rights legally enforceable in mineral claims staking

Mining 06 Dec 2025
A judicial review ruled that the government of British Columbia owes a duty to consult indigenous peoples with asserted rights and title when granting mineral claims ... of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
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After landmark climate win, lawyer hopes for a ‘new legal order’ to protect Indigenous rights

The Observer 30 Nov 2025
The firm pursues cases that prioritise Indigenous rights and culture to advance what Aguon called a “new legal order rooted in respect, reciprocity, and responsibility to future generations.”.
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“I’m Not Going to Give Up”: Leonard Peltier on Indigenous Rights, His Half-Century in Prison & Coming Home

Democracy Now 27 Nov 2025
“We still have to live under that, that fear of losing our identity, losing our culture, our religion,” Peltier says about his continued commitment to Indigenous rights.
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Episode 188: Carrying the Day Reordering Legal Values Toward Indigenous Rights in Sacred Sites (ACS - American Constitution Society)

Public Technologies 25 Nov 2025
Indigenous communities are often invited to participate in the conversation about access to their sacred sites but rarely do their interests prevail ... Rethinking Protections For Indigenous Sacred Sites, by Stephanie Hall Barclay and Michalyn Steele.
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COP30: Turning Indonesia’s indigenous rights pledges into legal protections

The Jakarta Post 15 Nov 2025
The International Indigenous Commission was introduced ... Indigenous Peoples on the Road to COP30”, reaffirming a worldwide commitment to advancing indigenous rights as part of the climate agenda.
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Canada: Sentencing of land defenders sends ‘chilling message’ about Indigenous rights (Amnesty International Australia)

Public Technologies 24 Oct 2025
... about the threats facing people and Nations on the front lines of the struggle for Indigenous rights and environmental justice.
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Sabah's new carbon governance law protects indigenous rights, says Hajiji

The Star 22 Oct 2025
KOTA KINABALU. Sabah's commitment towards protecting the environment goes far beyond conservation, said caretaker Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor. Read full story ... .
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Innovative Regulatory Approaches To Indigenous Rights in Canada’s New Nuclear World (Fogler Rubinoff LLP)

Public Technologies 14 Oct 2025
) Durham Region is Canada's nuclear energy epicentre and generational projects are underway ... This is an abstract of the document ... Attachments Original document Permalink. Disclaimer ... (noodl. 127028812) .
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