Article 253 of the Indian Constitution gives powers to the government to enter any transboundary river water-related treaty with a riparian state. The Ganga water sharing treaty with Bangladesh ...

Napoleon Bonaparte, France’s famed military commander and emperor, formally gave up his throne. Under the Treaty of ...

The Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi bill was rejected by Parliament in a 112 to 11 vote in Wellington, halting its progress to a third and final vote. Listen to Story Principles of the Treaty of ...

Tens of thousands of people – predominantly from the Māori community – had already taken to the streets to oppose the bill, which sought to redefine the terms of a treaty that British ...

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand lawmakers dealt an overwhelming defeat Thursday to a controversial proposed law seeking to redefine the country’s founding treaty between Māori ...

Since an Indigenous protest movement surged in the 1970s, Treaty considerations have been a growing part of New Zealand law. Redress efforts have bolstered a dwindling Māori language and culture ...