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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.
October 2, 2017 | The Alaska Native Women’s Resource Center (AKNWRC) is honored to announce that we have been awarded a federal grant by the Family and Youth Services Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to serve as the first ever Alaska Native Tribal Resource Center on Domestic Violence (ANTRC). In 2010, the...
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Inter-American Commission) has published an important new report, Indigenous Women and Their Human Rights in the Americas, based on information from indigenous women and leaders. The report, which shines a spotlight on the human rights of indigenous women in the Americas, discusses the forms of discrimination faced by indigenous women and how discrimination increases...
November 11, 2017 | 115 th Congress, 1 st Session (2017-2018) Building on the success of the Tribal Law and Order Act and the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013, several bipartisan bills have been introduced into the United States Senate to address violence against indigenous women. There are 4 important bills now pending in the Senate, each of...
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The Indian Law Resource Center condemns President Trump’s continued derogatory use of the “Pocahontas” name in his political attacks. Used in this manner—to insult and to degrade for the purpose of proving superiority and trying to win political points—the Pocahontas name becomes a racist slur. It is unacceptable for this slur to be used by any person. Its use by...
This month marks the anniversary of the U.S. endorsement of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The United Nations adopted the Declaration in September, 2007, but it took three additional years for it to gain the support of the United States, Canada, New Zealand and Australia, the only states to vote against it. The Declaration recognizes a...
A round of negotiations for the UN Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples comes to a close after a majority of its provisions are agreed upon by the member states in the UN Human Rights Commission.