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By Cara Tabachnick Monday, December 05, 2011 In the decade since Donna O’Brien became a law enforcement officer at the Comanche Nation Police Department in Lawton, OK, she has seen many changes in how Indian Country—the description Native Americans still use for the vast territory inside the U.S. under tribal jurisdiction—is policed.Mostly, things have improved on her reservation, she says...
The White HouseOffice of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release December 28, 2011 Presidential Proclamation -- National Stalking Awareness Month, 2012 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION In our schools and in our neighborhoods, at home and in workplaces across our Nation, stalking endangers the physical and emotional well being of millions of American men...
The White HouseOffice of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release December 30, 2011 Presidential Proclamation -- National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, 2012 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Nearly a century and a half ago, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation -- a document that reaffirmed the noble goals of equality and...
Reply brief by the Gros Ventre Tribe for the District Court decision, asking to reverse the district court’s opinions.
. ..[W]e call on the President to fully implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. We specifically call for a review of all existing federal law to ensure they are in alignment with the Declaration. In his State of Indian Nations Address, NCAI President Jefferson Keel called for the full implementation of the UN Declaration on...
Governmental Flexibility We exercise jurisdiction over lands that would make us the fourth largest state. We run dozens of social programs previously administered by federal agencies or states. And, we protect reservation environments in the manner that states regulate off reservation lands.Tribal governments have proven our capacity to grow our economies, educate our people, and manage our resources. We need...
The Center has filed additional comments related to REDD+ in our continued efforts to raise awareness of the importance of indigenous peoples’ rights in all efforts to combat climate change. We submitted comments to the UN-REDD Programme on two draft policies: the Draft Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) Guidelines and the Draft Principles and Criteria and Benefit and Risk...
The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples signals a new means to change federal law and policy to restore safety to Native women, to strengthen Indian nations and advance their jurisdiction over crimes within their territories, and to end the cycle of violence in Native communities. The right to be safe and live free from violence is one...
This article analyzes whether international tribunals can find Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) liable for human rights violations that occur in developing countries as a result of projects financed by these MDBs. It seeks to address the gap under international law concerning direct responsibility of MDBs, as well as to provide legal approaches for the progressive development of an applicable international...