11-18-21
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Human Rights, Indigenous Law, Public Law
The Ancestral Rights of Indigenous Peoples Who Have Not Signed the James Bay Agreement: The Thesis of Unilateral Extinction Put to the Test of Fundamental Rights
Nearly 45 years ago, the law enacting the James Bay Agreement extinguished the rights of Indigenous Peoples covering a territory of 1,082,000 square kilometres. Certain non-signatory Indigenous Peoples still claim a right to this territory. Law professor Ghislain Otis puts this instance of unilateral extinction to the test of fundamental rights.
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