Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance Gail Teixeira said that while the government is working towards meeting the July 15 deadline to respond to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UN CERD) recommendations on rights violations at Chinese Landing, they may have to seek an extension of the deadline.
The Carib indigenous community of Chinese Landing in Region One (Barima-Waini) and the Wapichan nation of South Rupununi have complained about a number of violations under the Amerindian Act of 2006. They had submitted that these violations are being perpetuated by both the government and miners who were granted permission to operate on titled, customary and sacred lands within their communities.