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Monsieur le président de la quarante sixième assemblée générale de l'OEADistingués représentants des étatsMonsieur le secrétaire généralSœurs et frères représentants de la société civile et de l'entreprise privéeSœurs et frères des peuples autochtones des AmériquesPeuple dominicain Je remercie Baba, Nana et la Pachamama de me permettre de m'adresser à vous au nom des gouvernements et institutions traditionnelles des peuples, nations...
In December 2015, the United Nations Working Group on the Issue of Discrimination Against Women in Law and Practice (Working Group) completed its Mission to the United States. The Indian Law Resource Center, with support from the National Congress of American Indians, the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center, and Clan Star, Inc., provided the Working Group with statistics and recommendations...
Geneva Switzerland June 27, 2006 Statement by Robert T. Coulter, Executive Director, before the United Nations Human Rights Council concerning the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
On June 13, 2016, the United States Supreme Court decided United States v. Bryant, 579 U.S. __ (2016), holding that uncounseled tribal court convictions that complied with the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968 were valid as entered and could be used as predicate offenses in federal prosecutions under 18 U.S.C. § 117(a) without violating the Sixth Amendment. In an...
June 23, 2016 |The United States Supreme Court today released its decision in favor of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians in a 4-4 tie. The decision in Dollar General Corporation v. Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians affirms the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision, which upheld the Mississippi Band of Choctaw tribal courts’ civil jurisdiction. The decision affirms that...
June 29, 2016 │ By Simon Gertler, 2016 Summer Sidley Fellow On Tuesday, June 28, 2016, the Senate Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing to receive testimony from the Department of Justice and Government Accountability Office on implementation of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 one year after its enactment. The Statute The Act, which became...
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 crime was committed with knowing, intentional, or reckless intent. A conviction in federal...
July 11, 2016 | Geneva, Switzerland This week Center attorney, Karla General, is taking part in meetings of the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Expert Mechanism will meet this week in Geneva from July 11-15, 2016, for its ninth annual meeting since its establishment in 2007. The Mechanism provides thematic advice in the form...
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. A U.S. Supreme Court tie on Thursday represented a win for tribal court authority in...
The Center led a workshop on the United Nations system and multilateral development banks for the traditional and ancestral authorities of the Mayan Nation, during the “Second Gathering of Ancestral Knowledge for the Defense of Life, Mother Earth, and Her Natural Elements,” held in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, on August 26-28, 2016. Multilateral development banks play a key role in financing large-scale...