Indigenous Law as a Solution to Resource Conflict with Caleb Behn
4 videos • 39 views • by Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada LRWC Caleb Behn examines the conflict generated by fracking in Treaty 8 in northeastern BC and explains the potential of indigenous laws and legal traditions to ensure preservation of the environment as a condition of energy development and to effect reconciliation. Lawyers Rights Watch Canada, Amnesty International Canada and the Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group host the First Nations' Rights: The Gap between Law and Practice speaker series, in cooperation with the Vancouver Public Library and other partners. This ongoing series of free presentations by celebrated speakers was started in 2012 to provide the public with education about the rights of Indigenous peoples under domestic and international law and to highlight persistent problems with the enforcement of those protected rights. Learn more and download the accompanying Power Point presentation at http://www.lrwc.org/audio-video/first...