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Finland approved mining exploration in Sámi territory without assessing its cultural impact or gaining Sámi consent.
Sámi sisters led the case, arguing that traditional governance structures were ignored.
UN ruled Finland must amend its laws to recognize Sámi collective land rights and fully implement free, prior and informed consent.
“Sustainability is an empty word if you don’t respect and implement Indigenous rights here in our homelands.”
Näkkäläjärvi, Sámi leader.
https://www.ehn.org/mining-in-finland-violates-sami-indigenous-rights-un-finds-2669446054.html
@gerrymcgovern Excuse me for being a reply Guy, but if Finland has never signed OIT protocol 169 (in Europe, only Finland signed it), I don't understand how the UN is asking Finland to comply with it.
Specially after UN not asking Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru or Brazil (signataries of the protocol) when these countries broke it repeatedly between 2015 and present day.
@gerrymcgovern I am sorry but when has the UN been good for anything? And since when can the U.N. force a country to do anything? When there's only a limited number of countries that control the "security council". Sure, +1 for the recognition but.. the EU courts might have better luck at effecting some change?
@jubei @gerrymcgovern Ivory Coast ....