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Anggraeni and Partners | Indonesia | 20 Sep 2023
The Indonesia Indigenous Peoples Bill : The Case To Streamline Cultural Heritage Protection
Even before Indonesia achieved independence, Indigenous People had already inhabited and occupied its lands. Today, the quest for recognition by…
Gadens | Australia | 19 Sep 2023
The Voice to Parliament | A breakdown of the Yes and No cases
Australian voters will head to the polls on 14 October 2023 to vote on the Voice to referendum. The Australian Electoral Commission has now released…
Fasken | Canada | 31 Jul 2023
Doing Business in Canada 2023 - Chapter 20 Indigenous Law
Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) have Aboriginal rights (including treaty rights) that may include Aboriginal title…
Fasken | Canada | 29 Jun 2023
Haudenosaunee Development Institute Denied Leave to Intervene in Grand River Litigation
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has denied a request by the Haudenosaunee Development Institute (“HDI”) to intervene in an action between Six…
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP | 17 Apr 2023
Climate change policy update: joint permitting push, tightening soot standards and cap-and-trade auction fund use
This article outlines pertinent legal and policy climate change developments in the United States during the past week. The Chamber of Commerce has joined climate activists in a push to pursue permitting reform, while Democrats are advocating for soot standards to be tightened. Elsewhere, Washington senators are making plans with respect the use of climate funding.
Smart & Biggar | Canada | 12 Apr 2023
Minister of health announces National Strategy for Drugs for Rare Diseases
The minister of health recently announced the first-ever National Strategy for Drugs for Rare Diseases. This strategy includes C$1.5 billion invested to "increase access to, and affordability of, effective drugs for rare diseases to improve the health of patients across Canada, including children". This article sets out how the funding will be directed.
Fasken | Canada | 6 Mar 2023
Four Trends in Indigenous Equity Participation in Canada
It is near impossible for any energy, mining or infrastructure projects to be successfully developed in Canada today without securing support and…
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP | 30 Jan 2023
Climate change policy update: CEQ interim guidance, offshore wind supply chain road map and action against methane
This article outlines pertinent legal and policy climate change developments in the United States during the past week. These include an analysis of new Council on Environmental Quality interim guidance on greenhouse gas emissions and climate change, the announcement of an offshore wind supply chain road map and environmentalists taking action against methane in oil and gas production.
Clayton Utz | Australia | 21 Dec 2022
Significant cultural heritage reform on the cards for Australia
The Federal Government’s response to the inquiry into the destruction of Aboriginal heritage sites at Juukan Gorge centres on developing a new…
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP | USA | 13 Dec 2022
Rulemaking To Update Land-Into-Trust Process For Tribes And Individual Indians
On December 5, 2022, the Interior Department’s Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) published proposed revisions to 25 C.F.R. Part 151—the regulations…
