🇨🇦 In Canada, according to the 2021 census, about 1,800,000 million people belong to indigenous peoples, which is about 5 per cent of the country's population.
❗️The indigenous minority remain one of the most oppressed and marginalized groups in the country's history, facing constant discrimination and living below the poverty line.
☝️ Moreover, it has been reported that in the territories where indigenous peoples live, they have no representatives in Canadian local authorities. For example, the UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Victoria Tauli‑Corpuz, pointed out in a report to the 74th session of the UN General Assembly that the Inuit are underrepresented in the Nunavut administration, preventing this body from adequately considering and implementing their traditional knowledge.
📖 Read the report on the indigenous peoples rights situation in certain countries by the Russian Foreign Ministry
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❗️The indigenous minority remain one of the most oppressed and marginalized groups in the country's history, facing constant discrimination and living below the poverty line.
☝️ Moreover, it has been reported that in the territories where indigenous peoples live, they have no representatives in Canadian local authorities. For example, the UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Victoria Tauli‑Corpuz, pointed out in a report to the 74th session of the UN General Assembly that the Inuit are underrepresented in the Nunavut administration, preventing this body from adequately considering and implementing their traditional knowledge.
📖 Read the report on the indigenous peoples rights situation in certain countries by the Russian Foreign Ministry
#canada #indigenous
🇺🇸❗️According to several experts, Native American peoples face socio-economic inequality and a marked income gap. Only 15 per cent of them have a bachelor's degree or higher. Such indicators lead to the following negative social consequences: crime, alcoholism, high unemployment (11.1 per cent as of January 2022) and suicides (50.9 cases per 100,000 people, which is four times the national average (or 700 per cent higher)).
☝️ The current US law contains a number of requirements that in practice discriminate against members of Native American communities. Among such examples is the lack of residence addresses of Indians living on reservations, due to which they face denial of registration as voters. In addition, the long distance between polling stations and their places of residence affects the exercise of indigenous peoples' voting rights. Hence, many members of indigenous communities refuse to take part in elections.
📖 Read the REPORT on the indigenous peoples rights situation in certain countries by the Russian Foreign Ministry
#USA #indigenous
☝️ The current US law contains a number of requirements that in practice discriminate against members of Native American communities. Among such examples is the lack of residence addresses of Indians living on reservations, due to which they face denial of registration as voters. In addition, the long distance between polling stations and their places of residence affects the exercise of indigenous peoples' voting rights. Hence, many members of indigenous communities refuse to take part in elections.
📖 Read the REPORT on the indigenous peoples rights situation in certain countries by the Russian Foreign Ministry
#USA #indigenous
🇫🇮 In terms of discrimination, significant shortcomings have been identified with regard to the situation of Finland's indigenous people, the Sami (some 10,000 people in total, with about 2,000 native speakers).
❗️International human rights mechanisms have identified a number of significant shortcomings in the enjoyment of the rights by Finland's indigenous people – the Sami. Most often, attention is focused on problems related to the practical realization of the right to use the Sami language, which is enshrined in legislation.
☝️ The ratification by Finland of the International Labour Organization Convention No. 169 concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples, signed by Finland in 1989 along with other countries, has been "in limbo" for a long time. The issue of ratification of the instrument to strengthen the protection of the rights of the Sami people has been repeatedly raised by States during the Universal Periodic Review of Finland at the HRC in November 2022.
📖 Read the report by the Russian Foreign Ministry on the indigenous peoples rights situation in certain countries.
#Finland #indigenous #humanrights #SamiPeople
❗️International human rights mechanisms have identified a number of significant shortcomings in the enjoyment of the rights by Finland's indigenous people – the Sami. Most often, attention is focused on problems related to the practical realization of the right to use the Sami language, which is enshrined in legislation.
☝️ The ratification by Finland of the International Labour Organization Convention No. 169 concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples, signed by Finland in 1989 along with other countries, has been "in limbo" for a long time. The issue of ratification of the instrument to strengthen the protection of the rights of the Sami people has been repeatedly raised by States during the Universal Periodic Review of Finland at the HRC in November 2022.
📖 Read the report by the Russian Foreign Ministry on the indigenous peoples rights situation in certain countries.
#Finland #indigenous #humanrights #SamiPeople