Progress Made With UNDRIP Implementation Highlighted - Webinar

Recent developments relating to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (UNDRIP) implementation and a court decision with possible implications for energy or construction projects in Indigenous communities were the key points for discussion during the February Indigenous Law Insights webinar, hosted by Litigation Group associates Marleigh Dick and Ankita Gupta.

The spirit of UNDRIP, the non-binding international instrument which supports the well-being of the Indigenous peoples of the world, is reflected in both the federal government's United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act and B.C.'s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. In June 2022, the federal government published an annual report which sets out the timelines and required steps for completion of its action plan by June of this year. In that same month, the B.C. government entered into its first consent-based decision-making agreement