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The TPPA is a death sentence for Indigenous Rights
8-Jan-2016 Scoop
Tangata whenua are strongly opposed to the signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement. The TPPA is a death sentence for Indigenous Rights
EU-Guyana trade deal must protect land rights, activists say
26-Nov-2015 EurActiv
A potential trade pact between the European Union and Guyana must contain land rights protections for local residents in order to avert the possible displacement of indigenous people.
Trading away land rights
15-Oct-2015 Triple Crisis
TPP, investment agreements, and the governance of land
Lack of local land rights harms fight against poverty, climate change - researchers
5-Oct-2015 Trust
Indigenous people and local communities lack legal rights to almost three quarters of their traditional lands, sparking social conflict and undermining international plans to curb poverty, hunger and climate change.
NZ: Crown defends TPP secrecy at Waitangi Tribunal hearing
24-Jul-2015 Radio NZ
Maori individuals and organisations from around the motu have filed claims alleging the trade deal will jeopardise their Treaty rights, while the Crown says it will not.
No TPP delay for Waitangi - Crown
17-Jul-2015 Radio NZ
The Crown will not delay any commitment to sign the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement until the Waitangi Tribunal can decide on whether to hear an inquiry into the agreement.
Land rights and investment treaties: exploring the interface
16-Jul-2015 International Institute for Environment and Development
New IIED report finds that investment treaties can have far-reaching implications for land reform, for public action to address “land grabbing” and more generally for land governance frameworks.
TAIHOA to TPPA - application for urgent Treaty hearing
27-Jun-2015 Scoop
A group of esteemed Māori leaders and academics, including Dr Papaarangi Reid, Moana Jackson, Rikirangi Gage, Angeline Greensill, Hone Harawira and Moana Maniapoto have filed a claim and application for urgent hearing today in the Waitangi Tribunal.
Chevron’s "fight it out on the ice" strategy for Ecuador case is slipping, fast
28-Mar-2015 Huffington Post
In Chevron’s massive international arbitration directly against the government of Ecuador, it has gotten everything it has asked for from the panel of arbitrators — until last week.
First Nations puts China on notice over Canada-China FIPA
23-Oct-2014 rabble.ca
Both the Hupacasath First Nation and the Onihcikiskwapowin have sent letters to the Premier of China stating that they do not recognise the bilateral investment treaty signed between Canada and China.
Hupacasath First Nation puts China on notice over FIPA
16-Oct-2014 Vancouver Observer
The Hupacasath First Nation put the Chinese government on notice today, stating it does not acknowledge the Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) ratified by Prime Minister Stephen Harper last month.
FIPA undermines sovereignty of Canada, First Nations
14-Oct-2014 Digital Journal
Don Davies, Canadian Member of Parliament for the New Democratic Party, discusses the approval of the Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) and its future impact on Canada and First Nations.
Six steps to protect Canadians from flaws in China trade deal
1-Oct-2014 The Tyee
Trade treaty expert Van Harten lays out ways FIPA governments can ’disclose, monitor, and limit the harm done by this treaty.’
China deal trumps Province, First Nations on energy projects: treaty expert
24-Sep-2014 The Tyee
The controversial Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPPA), which the Harper government signed into effect without parliamentary debate, "means that any B.C. government or legislature or courts would now be subject to obligations arranged by the federal government and China under the treaty," says Osgoode Law School professor Gus Van Harten.
Canada’s secretive treaty with China further diminishes aboriginal rights
18-Sep-2014 VICE Canada
"This isn’t a matter of the big bad Chinese coming and throwing oil all over our beavers and mounties, this is about (for the ten trillionth time in this country’s history) a fundamental disrespect for First Nations people, upon whose land we are developing a multi-billion dollar energy extraction industry."
New treaty allows China to sue Canada to change its laws
16-Sep-2014 Newsweek
Despite public outcry, Stephen Harper, Canada’s prime minister, ratified a controversial treaty on Friday that will allow China to sue Canada in secret tribunals to repeal Canadian laws that interfere with Chinese investments.
Hupacasath First Nation vs. Canada-China FIPA agreement
13-Jun-2014 rabble.ca
A court hearing on June 10 was the second attempt by the Hupacasath and their allies to claim Section 35 rights to be consulted over the Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA)
Groups decry ’meaningless’ consultation in Canada-Colombia FTA human rights impact assessment process
26-Mar-2014 rabble.ca
This is the third time the Conservative government has attempted to produce an impact assessment of its 2011 FTA with Colombia, as required by law, and each time the final report has been completely inadequate.
Zapatista uprising 20 years later: How Indigenous Mexicans stood up against NAFTA "death sentence"
5-Jan-2014 Democracy Now!
On the same day the North American Free Trade Agreement went into effect on Jan. 1, 1994, the Zapatista National Liberation Army and people of Chiapas declared war on the Mexican government, saying that NAFTA meant death to indigenous peoples. To learn about the impact of the uprising 20 years later and the challenges they continue to face, DN! speak with Peter Rosset, professor of rural social movements in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico.
Les peuples amérindiens mettent en garde sur la destruction de la Terre-Mère
31-Dec-2013 El Correo
Lors du « 5e Sommet continental », qui s’est tenu récemment dans le département du Cauca en Colombie, 4 000 représentants indigènes du continent américain ont exigé un arrêt des signatures de Traités Bilatéraux d’Investissement et d’Accords de Libre Échange qui créent des politiques d’expropriation de ressources naturelles et des règles permettant le pillage des biens et des cultures des peuples.