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Attorney: Kim Gottschalk
Case Update
The adoption of the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, discussed infra, will have an import on the OAS process. In recognition of this, the OAS held a “reflection” session in Washington, D.C. In November, 2007, to discuss that import. It was agreed that the United Nations’ Declaration would be used as the foundation for the OAS document, in that all the terms of the OAS document would be consistent with, or more favorable to, Indigenous rights than the United Nations document. The group further agreed the all the terms would be met through a consensus based decision making process which includes the Indigenous representatives. The United States and Canada expressed their opposition to a document that would be consistent with the United Nations Declaration, against which they had voted, but agreed they would not oppose the process moving forward. The 11th meeting of Negotiations in the Quest for Points of Consensus will take place in Washington, D.C. from April 14-28, 2008.
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