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Land, resource rights key to Sami people’s self-determination, says UN expert

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UN News Centre

Publication Date
2015-09-01

31 August 2015 – Securing rights over their land and natural resources is fundamental to the Sami people’s self-determination and a prerequisite for them to be able to continue to exist as a distinct people, an independent United Nations human rights expert said after a visit to the Nordic region.

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