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Enabling the participation of indigenous governments at the UN

Create a permanent and regular status for indigenous peoples’ governing institutions within the United Nations system. Such a status would ensure indigenous governments are able to participate, at the very minimum, in all meetings of relevant UN bodies in a manner comparable to that exercised by...

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Creation of an implementing and monitoring body for the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

The implementing and monitoring body for the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples would encourage compliance with the obligations expressed in the Declaration.  The body would have a mandate to receive relevant information, to share best practices, to issue reports, to make...

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Center again calls on UN Human Rights Council to take action to end violence against indigenous women and girls

The UN Human Rights Council held its 33rd session on September 13-September 30 in Geneva, Switzerland.
About the American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
The American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples will help protect our self-determination rights, our rights to our territories and natural resources, our right to sustainable development and to the healthy environment on which indigenous peoples physical and cultural survival depends.... read more
Minnesota tribes learn about engaging in the UN
Tribal leaders from the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe and other Minnesota Indian Affairs Council representatives met with Indian Law Resource Center lawyers August 4, 2016, for a high-level workshop about how to engage in the United Nations system to protect tribal lands, sovereignty, and cultures.
Indian Law Resource Center chairwoman appointed to top UN body on indigenous issues
Terri Henry, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Secretary of State and chairwoman of the Indian Law Resource Center board of directors, is one of 16 experts tapped to serve on the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. She will begin her three-year term on January 1, 2017.
The World Bank Approves Indigenous Peoples Policy
This month, the World Bank’s board of directors approved a new Environmental and Social Framework, modernizing a decades old set of policies aimed at preventing Bank-funded development projects from harming the environment and people.
Supreme Court Tie in Dollar General Case ‘Clear Victory’ for Tribal Sovereignty

Originally published on Rewire by Nicole Knight Shine - June 24, 2016 | The case, Dollar General v. Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, hinged on whether the tribe had the authority to resolve civil lawsuits involving non-members—in this case, a $20 billion company—on Native lands.
Center Asks UN Body to Uphold World Conference Decisions

July 11, 2016 | Geneva, Switzerland
Voisine et al. v. United States – Federal Firearm Ban Applies in All Tribal, Federal, or State Domestic Violence Convictions

On June 27, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision in Voisine et al. v. United States, 579 U.S. __ (2016), affirming that federal law (18 U.S.C. §922(g)(9)) prohibits gun ownership by individuals who have been convicted of a domestic violence misdemeanor, regardless of whether the...

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