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Article: Date set for sitting of First Nations international court.
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- Wind Speaker
- Article date:
- December 1, 1996
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World representatives will watch the second sitting of the First Nations International Court of Justice in Ottawa while the Canadian government continues to refuse to participate.
The court will meet Feb. 24 to 28, 1997 in Ottawa, and members of the United Nations working group on treaties and those from the European Parliament will attend the session, said court organizer Sylvia Thompson of the Chiefs of Ontario.
A court-appointed "friend" will represent Canada.
On trial will be Prime Minister Jean Chretien, representative of the Canadian government. In April the first sitting of the court found sufficient evidence to hear three charges against ...