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Inuit begin rights case over global warming

www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/12/15/1071336885565.html

Inuit begin rights case over global warming

By Paul Brown
Milan
December 16, 2003


The Inuit of Canada and Alaska are launching a human rights case against the Bush Administration, arguing they face extinction because of global warming.

By repudiating the Kyoto Protocol and refusing to cut carbon dioxide emissions, which constitute 25 per cent of the world's total, Washington is violating their human rights, the Inuit claim.

They are inviting the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, based in Washington, to visit the Arctic Circle to witness the devastation caused by global warming.

Sheila Watt-Cloutier, the chairwoman of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference, which represents her 155,000 people inside the Arctic Circle, said: "We want to show that we are not powerless victims. These are drastic times for our people and require drastic measures."

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