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Highlights of Key Pending Legislation relating to violence against indigenous women
Building on the success of the Tribal Law and Order Act and the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013, several bipartisan bills have been introduced into the United States Senate to address violence against indigenous women.
New Report by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights focuses on the Human Rights of Indigenous Women in the Americas

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Inter-American Commission) has published an important new report, Indigenous Women and Their Human Rights in the Americas, based on information from indigenous women and leaders.
ADRIP Background Materials & Strategies for Implementation

The Background Materials & Strategies for Implementation of the American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples booklet includes comparisons between the American Declaration and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, important OAS General Assembly resolutions, and...

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Historic Federal Support for an Alaska Native Tribal Resource Center on Domestic Violence

October 2, 2017 | The Alaska Native Women’s Resource Center (AKNWRC) is honored to announce that we have been awarded a federal grant by the Family and Youth Services Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S.
October 19 | Agenda: American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Tribal Strategies for Implementation
Human Rights Council holds panel discussion on the rights of indigenous peoples

September 20, 2017 | Geneva, Switzerland
10th Anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

September 13, 2017 

Human rights at stake in NAFTA negotiations

Statement by the Indian Law Resource Center
UN expands monitoring body for Indigenous Human Rights
The 10th session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP), which took place July 10-14, 2017, included a discussion of its new mandate and working methods. The expanded mandate is a result of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples of 2014, which requested the Council... read more
Effort to provide Indigenous Governments permanent place at U.N. stalls
The United Nations will delay any substantive action on their work to enable the participation of indigenous peoples’ representatives and institutions at the UN. After years of discussions among indigenous peoples and member states, and several weeks of states-only negotiations this summer, member... read more

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