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The Numbered Treaties (or Post-Confederation Treaties) are a series of eleven treaties signed between the First Nations, one of three groups of Indigenous Peoples in Canada, and the reigning monarch of Canada (Victoria, Edward VII or George V) from 1871 to 1921. [1]
Canada was a founding member of the United Nations, and was an original signatory of the Declaration by United Nations. At the signing of the Declaration by United Nations, Canada was one of four Dominions of the British Empire present, alongside Australia , New Zealand , and the Union of South Africa .
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) is a multilateral treaty that commits nations to respect the civil and political rights of individuals, including the right to life, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, electoral rights and rights to due process and a fair trial. [3]
The United Nations Treaty Series (UNTS) [3] is the result of article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations, which states as follows: . 1. Every treaty and every international agreement entered into by any Member of the United Nations after the present Charter comes into force shall as soon as possible be registered with the Secretariat and published by it.
UNDRIP was passed by the UN General Assembly in 2007, with Canada voting against it under a Conservative government. [9] In November 2010, the Conservative government publicly reversed its position, asserting its support for the declaration as an "aspirational document" [10] In May 2016, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett officially removed Canada's objector status to UNDRIP ...
The Assembly of First Nations passed a resolution in December 2007 to invite Presidents Hugo Chávez and Evo Morales to Canada to put pressure on the government to sign the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, calling the two heads of state "visionary leaders" and demanding Canada resign its membership on the United Nations Human ...
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization aiming to maintain international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations and countries, achieving international cooperation, and serving as a centre for coordinating the actions of member states. [2]
Canada ratified the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, and seven principal UN human rights conventions and covenants since then. [5] As of 2023, Canada is a signatory to 15 free trade agreements with 51 different countries, [6] and has diplomatic and consular offices in over 270 locations in approximately 180 countries.