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Human Rights Day, 10 December 2008

Presentation of the UN Declaration on the Rights
of Indigenous Peoples' petition to parliament

Photos and speech notes, page 1

Thirteen hundred and fifteen signatures for the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples' petition were presented to parliament on Human Rights Day 2008. Photos from the presentation are below and on this page, and Claire Charters' speech notes are available here.

Additional signatures on the petition will be presented next year, so please keep collecting over the summer; the final deadline for return of signatures is 15 April 2009.


The signatures ready for presentation
The signatures ready for presentation


MPs gather
MPs gather


Petition supporters
Petition supporters gather


Presenting the petition
Presenting the petition, coordinated by Peace
Movement Aotearoa


Keith Locke speaking
Keith Locke, Green Party MP, speaking

Photos by the Human Rights Foundation and Peace Movement Aotearoa
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