Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples Rights in Greenland
NEW Programme
Mon – 23 November |
| Subject | Lecturer/Speaker |
15:00 | Opening Session - Seminar objective | Welcome by Aqqaluk Lynge (ICC) Kuupik Kleist, Naalakkersuisut Sara Olsvig (ICC) seminar organizers | |
15:30 – 16.30 | The international work concerning indigenous peoples’ rights and the implementation of these rights in Greenland | Aqqaluk Lynge, ICC | |
16:30 – 17.00 | Questions |
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Tue – 24 November | Subject | Lecturer/Speaker | |
9:00 | Good morning and summarizing the previous day | Sara Olsvig, ICC, and Mie Roesdahl, DIHR | |
9:10 – 10.30 | Human Rights – What is it about, and how to secure that they are respected? Viewing of a film about NHRI Which role do human rights play in the law making and constitutional reform processes? | Jonas Christoffersen, director of the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR) | |
10:30 – 11:45 | Break |
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10:45 – 11:45 | Indigenous Peoples’ Rights - what are they about, and what do they mean to the work of a government? | Dr. Dalee S. Dorough, Member of ICC Advisory Committee on UN Issues, Alaska | |
11.45 – 12:30 | Indigenous peoples’ rights in comparative constitutional and international law | Claire Charters, Fellow, New Zealand Centre for Public Law | |
12:30 | Lunch |
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13.30-14.15 | Danish-Greenlandic relations in the light of human rights and indigenous peoples’ rights | Tyge Lehmann, ambassador | |
14.15 – 16.00
15.00 – 15.10 Break | How to implement the work on human rights and indigenous peoples’ rights in Greenland
| Discussion panel with Aqqaluk Lynge, Tyge Lehmann, Jonas Christoffersen, Dalee S. Dorough, Michael Mikkelsen (Legal Manager) and Inuuteq Holm Olsen (Director of Foreign Affairs, TBC) Facilitator: Mie Roesdahl and Sara Olsvig | |
16:00 - 16:30 | Summary and Conclusion | Aqqaluk Lynge and Jonas Christoffersen |
Charter
THAT we, the Inuit, are an indigenous people, with a unique ancestry, culture and homeland;
THAT the world’s arctic and sub-arctic areas which we use and occupy transcend political boundaries;
the world’s arctic and sub-arctic areas which we use and occupy transcend political boundaries;
THAT due to our historical inheritance and use and occupancy of our homeland we enjoy cultural rights unique to indigenous peoples and share common traditions, values and concerns; Read more about charter