CANADA

Special Decisions or Action Taken Re: Reporting, Including Urgent Action Procedure

CERD, A/63/18 (2008)

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Chapter II

PREVENTION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, INCLUDING EARLY WARNING AND URGENT ACTION PROCEDURES

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19. During the reporting period, the Committee again considered a number of situations under its early warning and urgent action procedure, including in particular the following:

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28. At the seventy-third session, the Committee considered issues relating to a dispute over land exploitation rights arising in connection with a gas pipeline project on indigenous land of the Lubicon Lake Indian Nation in Canada. By a letter dated 15 August 2008, the Committee requested the Government of Canada to provide updated information on measures taken to resolve the issue.

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