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In May, the Center participated in the 12th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York City. The Permanent Forum is a UN body made up of State representatives and indigenous peoples representatives. Its mission is to raise awareness on indigenous issues within the UN system. This year’s session addressed various critical issues for indigenous...
New York Times An article by Kirk Semple published in the New York Times, discusses the recent filing of a lawsuit by the Onondaga Nation against the state of New York, "claiming that it owns 3,100 square miles of land stretching from the St. Lawrence Seaway to the Pennsylvania border and including Syracuse." the Onondaga Nation believes that New York...
► ESPA Ñ OL NEW YORK - A representative of the more than 10,000 Maya Achi Indians displaced or injured during the construction of Guatemala's Chixoy Dam joined with the Indian Law Resource Center this week to call for accountability for human rights abuses associated with large-scale development projects.More than 30 years after the construction of the Chixoy Dam, there...
Llamado de Reparaciones a Guatemala, Banco Mundial, y Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo NUEVA YORK – Un representante de más de 10,000 indígenas Maya Achi desplazados o heridos durante la construcción de la Represa Chixoy de Guatemala, se sumo a Indian Law Resource Center esta semana para demandar rendición de cuentas por abusos de derechos humanos asociados con proyectos de desarrollo...
>> En Español Statement of 72 Indigenous Nations and Ten Indigenous Organizations Twelfth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues(May 28, 2013) Agenda Item: 6. Discussion on the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples Speaker: Darwin Hill, Tonawanda Seneca Nation By the Navajo Nation, Yurok Tribe, Hoopa Valley Tribe, Tonawanda Seneca Nation, Quinault Nation, Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Central...
Juan de Dios Garcia Xajil, indigenous survivor of the Chixoy Dam project, addresses the United Nations - calling for accountability for human rights abuses committed by the Government of Guatemala with financing by the World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank (with English translation). Declaration of the Association for the Integral Development of the Victims of the Violence in Verapaces, Maya...
Declaración en Representación de 96 Naciones Indígenas y 20 Organizaciones Indígenas(19 de Mayo de 2014) Foro Permanente para las Cuestiones Indígenas 13º Período de SesionesDebate sobre la Conferencia Mundial sobre los Pueblos Indígenas Por la Cherokee Nation, MOWA Band of Choctaw Indians, Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Tonawanda Seneca Nation, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, Yurok Tribe, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, Sisseton Wahpeton...
>> Ver en Español May 31, 2013 For immediate Release By Armstrong Wiggins “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness,” is due all people. These are the principles that I hope Secretary of State John Kerry remembers as he participates at the 43rd session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States and meets with Guatemalan President Otto...
31 de Mayo de 2013 Para su difusión inmediata Por Armstrong Wiggins "La vida, la libertad y la búsqueda de la felicidad" son para todas las personas. Estos son los principios que espero el Secretario de Estado John Kerry recuerde al participar en el 43 º Período de Sesiones de la Asamblea General de la Organización de Estados Americanos y...