Canadian law has never used either "discovery" or "terra nullius." ... By the time of Canadian confederation in 1867, and the Rupert's Land transfer of 1869-70, Indian tribes were treated as "domestic," as within British and Canadian jurisdiction. ... Yet for decades the Government of Canada referred to the Syliboy decision as defining the status of treaties in Canadian law. ... If Canadian law had given Indians rights, Indians had rights. ... In 1982 section 35 was added to the Constitution of Canada: (1) The existing aboriginal and treaty rights of the aboriginal peoples ...

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Defining gender violence as a violation of human rights is a relatively new approach to the problem. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the global feminist social movement worked to introduce this idea to the human rights community and by the early years of the 21st century, succeeded in establishi...

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However, in relation to the mother human right suggest that everyone has the right to freedom of thought and religion (Equalityhumanrights.com, 2014), of which it is the nurse obligation to respect the religious views of the patients, that is recognizing culture and diversity in day to day practice (NMC, 2008, 2012). ...

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