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General Assembly Resolutions Resolution Adopted by the General Assembly, October 15, 2012[GA Resolution on the Modalities of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples (A/RES/66/296)] Resolution on Indigenous Peoples, December 2013 [GA Resolution on Rights of indigenous peoples (A/RES/68/149)] Informals on the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples - Facilitators UN Human Rights Council Resolutions October 1, 2015: Human Rights Council Resolution...
The following proposals and memoranda were written in response to the need to identify concrete and action-oriented recommendations for the UN system and member states to adopt at the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, in order to advance the objectives of the UN Declaration. Recognizing the historic but limited opportunity provided by the World Conference, the following proposals enjoyed broad...
Our Law Reform project is directed at increasing understanding and support for the sovereign rights of Indian and Alaska Native nations and assisting them in winning needed improvements in federal law. The law affecting tribes is terribly antiquated and unfair. Among the most serious problems are the impediments of federal law that unfairly restrict economic development for all tribes and...
Actions to Implement the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples Outcome Document List of Supporting 94 Indigenous Governments and 22 Organizations Current as of July 5, 2016 The UN World Conference on Indigenous Peoples was an historic success, and the Outcome Document contains important decisions that will improve the lives of indigenous peoples and governments, but only if properly implemented. The...
Indian rights: A panel accuses the United States of violating an international treaty against racism
Statement on Behalf of 96 Indigenous Nations and 20 Indian Organizations(May 19, 2014) UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues 13th SessionAgenda Item 6: Discussion on the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples By the 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 Oyate, Ewiiaapaayp...
150 indigenous nations and organizations joined together to advance four concrete recommendations to the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples. Over the course of two years, these indigenous nations won the support of an overwhelming number of countries and all four recommendations were included in some form in the World Conference Outcome Document. Indigenous leaders realized early on the need to...
The World Conference Outcome Document was the result of years of preparation and negotiation, and was adopted by consensus of all 193 member states of the United Nations on September 22, 2014. The final Outcome Document contains the focus of all four of the recommendations proposed by the group of 150 indigenous nations and organizations, including: Initiating a process to...
The following proposals and memoranda were written in response to the need to identify concrete and action-oriented recommendations for the UN system and member states to adopt at the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, in order to advance the objectives of the UN Declaration. Recognizing the historic but limited opportunity provided by the World Conference, the following proposals enjoyed broad...
By Jana L. Walker Published by Equal Voice | November 18, 2014 Violence against women is a worldwide human rights violationBeing safe and living free from violence and discrimination are human rights. Yet, many women and girls across the globe are not safe. A 2013 study by the World Health Organization found that 35 percent of women worldwide have been...