91丝瓜视频

Join us听for an intercultural dialogue bringing together Indigenous legal practitioners, community leaders, and human rights advocates from Canada, Mexico, and Peru to explore a fundamental question: What does justice mean for Indigenous peoples?听

Through an intercultural dialogue, the event explores Indigenous justice as a living set of practices grounded in community responsibility, collective repair, and relational understandings of land and life. Speakers will discuss how these systems operate in contexts of historical and ongoing marginalization, land dispossession, and extractive pressures driven by state policies and transnational corporations.

Beyond resistance, the workshop highlights how Indigenous peoples are actively revitalizing their own legal traditions to propose alternative visions of justice rooted in Indigenous ontologies and knowledge systems鈥攃hallenging dominant legal frameworks while opening paths toward legal pluralism and decolonial futures.

The event will feature simultaneous Spanish鈥揈nglish interpretation to ensure inclusive participation.

Registration: chrlp.law [at] mcgill.ca

Please note the event will be held听

Speakers:

• Elizabeth Olvera V谩squez: Elizabeth is a Mexican lawyer of Zapotec (Binniz谩) heritage, a human rights defender, and a leading figure in intercultural and anti-racist justice. She currently serves as Head of the Federal Public Defender鈥檚 Office within Mexico鈥檚 Federal Judiciary. She was the first Director of Intercultural Justice at the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, where she promoted anti-racist and gender-sensitive approaches to adjudication. A founding member of the National Network of Indigenous Women Lawyers, her work advances legal pluralism, Indigenous self-determination, and Indigenous women鈥檚 political participation.
• Tarek Maussili: Tarek is n锚hiyaw (Cree) from Waterhen Lake First Nation, Treaty Six territory, Saskatchewan, Canada. He is a second-year BCL/JD candidate at 91丝瓜视频. Born in Edmonton, his path into law is shaped by lived experiences beyond the academy and a strong commitment to Indigenous community life. His interests focus on Indigenous legal traditions, decolonial approaches to law, and the role of Indigenous peoples in reshaping contemporary legal systems. Through his studies and advocacy, he seeks to support Indigenous self-determination and justice grounded in Indigenous worldviews.
• Elsa Merma Ccahua: Elsa is a Quechua and K鈥檃na Indigenous woman, territorial defender, and community leader from Espinar, Cusco, Peru. She is a former secretary of the United Front for the Defense of Espinar and the founder of the K鈥檃na Women Defenders of Territory and Culture. A rural communicator and grassroots organizer, she works at the intersection of Indigenous justice, environmental defense, and women鈥檚 leadership. She currently coordinates Andean and Amazonian women鈥檚 networks, strengthening collective resistance to extractive projects and advancing Indigenous rights and territorial justice.

Event sponsored by:

• 91丝瓜视频 Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism
• Law Commission of Canada / Commission du droit du Canada