Law vs. Justice: How the Courts are preparing the way for one last, fatal, round of treaty negotiations with Indigenous Peoples in Canada
Venez assister 脿 la Conf茅rence Wallenberg annuelle de 2013, qui sera prononc茅e par Mary Eberts.
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Dans son interpr茅tation de l'article 35 de la Loi constitutionnelle de 1982, la Cour supr锚me du Canada a 茅tabli un cadre qui s'appuie fortement sur les concepts d茅mod茅s du droit colonial. La Cour semble pr茅f茅rer la table des n茅gociations quand il s鈥檃git de concilier souverainet茅 canadienne et souverainet茅 des peuples autochtones. La Cour a 茅galement indiqu茅 que la 芦 consultation 禄 est le moyen appropri茅 pour le gouvernement de r茅gler les conflits entre l'extraction des ressources et les revendications historiques des peuples autochtones, mais a d茅clar茅 que, dans ces consultations, les peuples autochtones n鈥檕nt jamais l鈥檕ption de refuser.
Alors que les pressions augmentent pour tirer profit des terres autochtones, souvent selon un horaire tr猫s serr茅, cette doctrine de la Cour supr锚me condamne les Premi猫res nations du Canada 脿 prendre part 脿 une derni猫re ronde de n茅gociations de 芦trait茅s禄, o霉 les enjeux sont 茅normes, le co没t de l'茅chec est potentiellement catastrophique, la position de n茅gociation des Premi猫res nations est 茅branl茅e, et les peuples autochtones n鈥檕nt pas n茅cessairement les moyens d鈥檈ngager des avocats et des n茅gociateurs pour de longues p茅riodes.
脌 propos de a conf茅renci猫re
(en anglais seulement) Mary Eberts joined Hensel Barristers as counsel in 2013, after completing her term as Ariel F. Sallows Chair in Human Rights at the University of Saskatchewan. She has litigated in trial or appellate courts in most of the jurisdictions in Canada, in the Federal Court and Court of Appeal, in the Supreme Court of Canada, and at inquests and administrative proceedings, appearing as counsel in many leading cases. She has been litigation counsel for the Native Women鈥檚 Association of Canada for over twenty years, and was a co-founder of the Women鈥檚 Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF).
Mary Eberts writes and lectures, nationally and internationally, on constitutional and Charter law, Indigenous law, and human rights. Ms. Eberts received her legal education at Western University and the Harvard Law School. She has been a faculty member at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, and held the Gordon Henderson Chair in Human Rights at the University of Ottawa. Before opening a specialized litigation practice in 1994, she was a partner at Torys in Toronto. Ms. Eberts grew up in southwestern Ontario, near Lake Erie, and is a mother and grandmother.
A propos de cette conf茅rence annuelle
Les Conf茅rences Wallenberg honorent Raoul Wallenberg, un diplomate su茅dois dont les actions ont sauv茅 la vie de milliers de Juifs en Hongrie durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
