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Implementation in Canada of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) is a pivotal opportunity to explore the relationship between international law, Indigenous peoples' own laws, and Canada's constitutional narratives. Two significant statements by the current Liberal government - the May 2016 address by Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett to the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at the United Nations and the September 2017 address to the United Nations by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau - have endorsed UNDRIP and committed Canada to implementing it as “a way forward” on the path to genuine nation-to-nation relationships with Indigenous peoples. In response, these essays engage with the legal, historical, political, and practical aspects of UNDRIP implementation. Written by Indigenous legal scholars and policy leaders, and guided by the metaphor of braiding international, domestic, and Indigenous laws into a strong, unified whole composed of distinct parts, the book makes visible the possibilities for reconciliation from different angles and under different lenses.

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A very rich collection of essays from a diverse range of authors ... I strongly recommend it. Review of Constitutional Studies

A very rich collection of essays from a diverse range of authors ... I strongly recommend it. Review of Constitutional Studies

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John Borrows is is professor of law and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Law at the University of Victoria. Larry Chartrand professor of law at the University of Ottawa. Oonagh E. Fitzgerald an international lawyer, senior fellow with the Human Rights Research and Education Centre, and president of the International Law Association of Canada. Risa Schwartz sole practitioner of Risa Schwartz International Law.

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