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Fri, 21 Nov, 2014 01:47:00 AM FTimes - STT Report, Nov. 21  File Photo Lehtikuva. A bill on the rights of indigenous peoples as defined in international convention scheduled to be tabled in parliament on Thursday has been postponed.
A bill on the ratification of an International Labour Organization (ILO) convention was also on the agenda on Wednesday but was withdrawn from the sitting.
The government has moved the tabling of the bill to next Thursday’s session.
The current government’s intention is to ratify the convention. If the government goes ahead and tables the bill in parliament next week, it would be possible to address the convention during its tenure.
File Photo Lehtikuva. Article 14 of the ILO convention number 169 states that the rights of ownership and possession of the peoples concerned over the lands which they traditionally occupy shall be recognised.
The government led by Alexander Stubb feels the ILO convention should be ratified to institute rights of the indigenous and tribal peoples.
Earlier on July 6, 2014, the Sami Parliament suggested the land and waters within Sami homeland which are under the control of the state should be transferred under a special administrative body.
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