Sharon H. Venne

[2] She has lectured on the recognition of Indigenous rights under the Western law paradigm[8] and has helped many First Nations in Canada contend self-determination through the implementation of their own traditional legal systems.

[7] Since 1981, Venne has been actively involved with the United Nations, serving as a delegate to the Commission on Human Rights for about 13 years.

She has attended conferences on the implementation of the International Year for Indigenous Peoples and sat on the Commission on Sustainable Development.

[4] The Court for Intergenerational Climate Crimes (CICC), a collaboration between the Dutch artist Jonas Staal and the Indian writer, lawyer, and activist Radha D'Souza, was created by Framer Framed.

[3] Her research has been used to write the clauses found in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and she was one of our judges on the Court for Intergenerational Climate Crimes (CICC).