Webpages tagged with «Indigenous Rights»

Waterfall and Rasttigaisa mountain covered in snow.
Published Feb. 28, 2025 9:04 AM

The issue of energy development and Sámi land rights has become a major political and legal challenge in Norway. Contentious cases such as the Fosen case highlight the ongoing clashes between the development of energy projects and Indigenous claims to land. As a result, public interest in these issues is growing, mirroring global concerns about Indigenous rights, environmental sustainability, and climate justice.

View over small lake in Lapland in autumn colours
Published Mar. 1, 2023 11:28 AM

In this seminar, Johan Karlsson Schaffer will discuss indigenous legal mobilization in Finland, Norway, and Sweden.