(THIS ARTICLE IS MACHINE TRANSLATED by Google from Norwegian)
Christian Harlang will suspend a binding agreement until the damages case that the Thuleboers organization Hingitaq 53 has raised has finally been settled in the Danish Supreme Court. It will probably be over a year's time.
If the Greenlandic government (government) and the Danish government do not wait for an agreement with the United States on the missile defense, Christian Harlang will demand that the Supreme Court force the parties to take into account the ongoing case of Hingitaq 53. The organization requires local people to regain access to their old settlements and hunting areas. In addition, the survivors demand compensation for abuse from the larger community.
Christian Harlang tells KNR / Greenland Radio that he wants to demand that the Supreme Court prevent the Danish government from entering into agreements that can affect the outcome of the Thule case. Harlang wants a general ban on new agreements to prevent such an agreement from depriving locals of rights.
Harlang has found that there is a precedent in Danish jurisprudence from a civil trial. In addition, he has found a case from Nicaragua, where the human rights court points out that the state must respect the rights of indigenous people.
- If the authorities do not take into account the pending case, then we are in a Wild West thinking where the state supplies itself without taking into account. I hope the Supreme Court sees that. But it would be best if the National Board and the Danish government make sense and await the ruling in the Danish Supreme Court. If they cannot wait to enter into an agreement with the United States, then it is of great importance that a new agreement clearly states that an agreement on missile defense will not affect the verdict in the Thule case.
Christian Harlang handed over the claim to the Danish Supreme Court on Thursday, and the answer comes within a week.
