The Peter A. Allard School of Law Allard Research Commons Faculty Publications Allard Faculty Publications 2007 International Norm Diffusion in the Pimicikamak Cree Nation: A Model of Legal Mediation Galit A. Sarfaty Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://commons.allard.ubc.ca/fac_pubs Part of the Human Rights Law Commons, Indigenous, Indian, and Aboriginal Law Commons, and the International Law Commons Citation Details Galit A Sarfaty, "International Norm Diffusion in the Pimicikamak Cree Nation: A Model of Legal Mediation" ([forthcoming in 2007]) 48:2 Harv Int'l LJ 441. This Working Paper is brought to you for free and open access by the Allard Faculty Publications at Allard Research Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of Allard Research Commons. International Norm Diffusion in the Pimicikamak Cree Nation: A Model of Legal Mediation Galit A. Sarfaty† 48 HARV. INT’L L.J. (2007, forthcoming) INTRODUCTION Over 1000 people from across the globe convene in Geneva, Switzerland every summer to voice their concerns on indigenous rights. This pilgrimage to the week-long United Nations (U.N.) Working Group on Indigenous Populations has taken place every year since its inception in 1982, when only about thirty people attended. The increasingly global nature of political activism among indigenous peoples is evident in the growing number of participants at the Working Group,1 the U.N.’s recent creation of a Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues to advise its Economic and Social Council,2 and the adoption of the U.N.