Canada finally endorses UNDRIP

A statement by Natural Justice regarding Canada's endorsement of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) on November 12, 2010, contrasting this move with Canada's previous obstructionist behavior at the COP10 biodiversity conference.

• On November 12, Canada endorsed the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), having previously been one of four states to vote against its adoption by the UN General Assembly in 2007, alongside Australia, New Zealand, and the United States.
• Despite its endorsement of UNDRIP, Canada was criticized for obstructionist behavior at the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP10) in Nagoya, Japan. Specifically, Canada was the only Party that requested the removal of all UNDRIP references during negotiations for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing.
• The CBD Alliance presented Canada with the Dodo Award, which is given to Parties that show a "definitive and unmatched failure to evolve".

APA

Henderson, I. (2010). Canada finally endorses UNDRIP. Natural Justice. https://naturaljustice.org/canada-finally-endorses-undrip/

Chicago

Henderson, Ian. Canada finally endorses UNDRIP. Natural Justice, 2010. https://naturaljustice.org/canada-finally-endorses-undrip/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=Henderson |first1=Ian |title=Canada finally endorses UNDRIP |publisher=Natural Justice |date=13 November 2010 |url=https://naturaljustice.org/canada-finally-endorses-undrip/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{henderson2010canada, author = {Henderson, Ian}, title = {{Canada finally endorses UNDRIP}}, publisher = {Natural Justice}, year = {2010}, month = nov, url = {https://naturaljustice.org/canada-finally-endorses-undrip/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }