By Brandi Morin (Cree/Iroquois/French)
By Brandi Morin (Cree/Iroquois/French)
We are witnessing horrendous acts of violence and intimidation against Ukrainians meant to destabilize the State of Ukraine. Ukraine is home to a diversity of Peoples, including Indigenous Peoples such as the Crimean Tatar Peoples, Karaites, Krymchaks, and Gagauzes, Hutsuls, among others.
On March 15, the United Nations General Assembly voted 170–4 to create a new Human Rights Council, effectively dissolving the oft-criticized Commission on Human Rights. Candidates for the Council will need to be elected by an absolute majority of 96 votes in order to secure a position, and once elected members can serve a maximum of two consecutive terms.