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Center calls for implementing and monitoring body for the UNDRIP
Executive Director, Robert T. Coulter, addressed the 30th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva today recommending the swift establishment of an implementing and monitoring body for the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The statement makes a number of recommendations about... read more
Rapa Nui leader asks UN body to help protect rights
Rapa Nui leader, Santi Hitorangi, addressed the UN Human Rights Council on Sept. 18, 2015, in Geneva, seeking international support for the Rapa Nui’s right of self-determination and decolonization from Chile. “We, the Rapa Nui people, continue to fight for our right of self-determination, for... read more
Joint statement to ECOSOC supports the Secretary-General's report on follow-up to the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs looks at juvenile justice challenges faced by Native youth

On July 15, 2015, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs heard testimony from the U.S. Department of Justice, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the University of Nevada, and the Boys and Girls Club of America during an oversight hearing, titled “Juvenile Justice in Indian Country: Challenges and...

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Center urges the United Nations to act on the World Conference recommendations
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs considers the need for victim services in Indian country

On June 10, 2015, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs considered testimony from federal, state, and tribal officials during its oversight

Observing human rights necessary to address extreme poverty

Center delivers joint statement with Amnesty International to UN Human Rights Council
2014 Annual Report


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Indigenous Caucus withdraws from negotiations on the American Declaration
May 15, 2015, the Indigenous Caucus of Indigenous Peoples of the Americas withdrew from the 18th session of the negotiations on the draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Negotiations hit a stalemate when a few OAS states introduced text for the American Declaration that... read more
Push for American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to be completed in June

The Organization of American States (OAS), a regional intergovernmental organization that seeks to build collaboration among its 35 member countries of the Americas, completed the fourth round of negotiations on the draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on May 15, 2015...

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