Published On: Sun, May 5th, 2024

This court case could set groundbreaking precedent for Indigenous land rights in Europe

A woman leans over a stream with hills in the background

A case before Norway’s Supreme Court could see an area in the north of the country transferred to local, Indigenous control and would be the first time such a land claim succeeded in Europe. If it fails, the process the Indigenous Sámi helped establish could be called into question.

CBC | World News

About the Author

-

Leave a comment

XHTML: You can use these html tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <s> <strike> <strong>

This court case could set groundbreaking precedent for Indigenous land rights in Europe