Alex Neve, Secretary-General of Amnnesty International Canada, will speak in Regina this Thursday on the subject of Canada's refusal to sign the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People.
Canada was one of only four countries to vote against the declaration at the General Assembly on 13 September, 2007. The Canadian government continues to oppose the
Declaration, discouraging its application nationally and Internationally,
Using a meritless argument that the Declaration is inconsistent with the
Canadian Constitution, this action by the federal government is harmful to
the reconciliation of Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples and is contrary
to Canada's duty to promote the human rights of all.
Photo: Amnesty International Toronto.
Alex Neve is
the Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada and
lawyer with a
master’s Degree in International Human Rights Law.
Alex Neve was
appointed in 2007 as an Officer of the Order of Canada in
recognition of his
human rights work.
The event is free and open to the public. The event
starts at 7:00
p.m. on September 10, 2009. The presentation will be held
in the Research
and Innovation Centre building (the new laboratory building)
in
Theatre Room 119. Free parking is available in lot 15M. Free copies
of the
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples will
be
available for distribution.
For more information contact the
Regina Community Group of Amnesty
International at 585-0889
or Dr.
Garson Hunter, Social Policy Research Unit, University of Regina
585-5643.
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Alex Neve, Secretary-General of Amnnesty International Canada, will speak in Regina this Thursday on the subject of Canada's refusal to sign the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People.