Indigenous Rights in the UN System
Celebrating the 5th. Anniversary of the UN Declaration
on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Speakers:
Journalist & Educator Kenneth Deer of the Mohawk Nation at Kahnawake.
Robert Morales, lawyer and chief negotiator for Hul’quminum Treaty Group.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 13, 7:00 – 9:00p.m.
Room 159, Fraser Building
University of Victoria (3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria, BC)
Admission is free. Seating is limited.

To mark the 5th. anniversary of the UN Declaration of Indigenous Peoples, Kenneth Deer will discuss (via videotape) the development of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and its 25-year passage through the UN system. Deer’s talk will be followed by an address by Robert Morales on the recent Canadian developments & issues relating to the UNDRIP.

For other talks in the series see www.lrwc.org or contact lrwc@portal.ca; 604-738-0338

Co-sponsored by: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, www.lrwc.org; www.hulquminum.bc.ca; Amnesty International, www.amnesty.ca; University of Victoria – Law, www.law.uvic.ca; University of Victoria – Social Justice Studies, web.uvic.ca/socialjustice.