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July 10, 2017 | Geneva, Switzerland Center staff attorney, Christopher Foley, addressed the 10th session of the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to urge the body to act boldly to protect indigenous rights. For years, indigenous peoples have demanded an implementing body for the Declaration with authority to gather information and to disseminate reports about implementation...
October 6, 2017 | The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held an oversight hearing: “The GAO Reports on Human Trafficking of American Indian and Alaska Natives in the United States” on September 27, 2017 to examine two separate reports published by the General Accountability Office in 2017. The first report, “ Human Trafficking: Action Needed to Identify the Number of...
By Chris FoleyAugust 9, 2017 | Helena, Mont. In a season of reckless threats and racist and misogynistic rhetoric, of xenophobia and border walls, indigenous peoples’ rights are at risk, whether intended targets or not. Right now, the Senate is considering a budget that calls for $1.6 billion for “high-priority tactical infrastructure and border security technology.” This border wall that...
December 15, 2017 | The United Nations has delayed substantive action on their work to enable the participation of indigenous peoples’ representatives and institutions at the UN. After years of discussions among indigenous peoples and member states, and several weeks of states-only negotiations during the summer of 2017, member states were not able to reach consensus on the details of...
(Geneva, Switzerland) —The 10 th session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP), which took place July 10-14, 2017, included a discussion of its new mandate and working methods. The expanded mandate is a result of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples of 2014, which requested the Council review EMRIP with a view to improve its...
Statement by the Indian Law Resource Center Canada, Mexico, and the United States have recently begun to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA or Agreement), following a process set in motion by President Trump. While President Trump is a loud critic of NAFTA who has already threatened to walk away from the agreement, [1] his precise policy goals...
September 13, 2017 Ten years ago today, the United Nations adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Declaration remains one of the most significant development in international human rights law in decades, and it has sparked important conversations and actions regarding indigenous peoples’ rights, including rights of self-determination and self-government, rights to land and resources, and protection...
September 20, 2017 | Geneva, Switzerland The UN Human Rights Council held its annual half-day panel discussion today on the rights of indigenous peoples under the theme “Tenth anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.” Karla General, Attorney at Indian Law Resource Center, highlighted the adoption of the Declaration on the Rights...
Indian Country Today. The UN Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples moves from the UN Commission on Human Rights to the newly formed Human Rights Council, to consider adopting the Draft Declaration.