Reconciling Crown Legal Frameworks Program | Primer 1 - The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and BC’s Declaration on

The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act1 establishes the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples2 as the framework for reconciliation in BC. [...] The UN Declaration interprets the UN Declaration are to be considered international human rights as they apply the “minimum standards for the survival, to the Indigenous Peoples of the world. [...] dignity and well-being of the indigenous It is a comprehensive articulation of peoples of the world.” 4 The Declaration Act and the UN Declaration The Declaration Act affirms that the UN referred to as a ‘distinctions-based Declaration applies to the laws of BC. [...] 3 Implementation of the Declaration Act bodies (IGBs), and all others involved in and the UN Declaration through it will the legal system to address and clarify require significant investments by the the implications of the interpretive BC government, Indigenous governing principles above. [...] Online: 6 Future Work on the Implementation of the Declaration Act In 2012, former Chief Justice of the BC The BCLI is committed to undertaking Court of Appeal, Lance Finch, noted work to support reconciliation and that the majority of lawyers and judges the decolonization of Crown legal are “wholly unfamiliar with Indigenous frameworks.