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Click here to download full letter Dear President Kim, Attached please find a letter from the Indian Law Resource Center that outlines our preliminary suggestions for reasonable actions that the World Bank can take to respect the rights of indigenous peoples as distinct social, legal and political entities located in the Bank’s borrowing countries and incorporate indigenous issues into the...
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Advancing Proposals in the UN The World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, held September 22-23, 2014, at UN Headquarters in New York, was an historic opportunity to win decisions to advance and implement the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The World Conference Outcome Document was the result of years of preparation and negotiation and contains important decisions to...
The UN Informal Interactive Hearing for the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples took place June 17 and 18 at the UN Headquarters in New York, NY. This is a critical meeting for indigenous peoples and governments to put forward concrete recommendations for inclusion in the World Conference Outcome Document. Read below for the Center's proposals for the World Conference. J...
On July 16, the President of the General Assembly held informal consultations regarding the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples. The consultation focused on the zero draft outcome document. The Indian Law Resource Center and other indigenous leaders participated in these hearings, making suggestions for improvements. Executive Director Robert T. Coulter said of the zero draft outcome document: "Unless it is...
Will Micklin, 1st Vice President of the Central Council of Tlingit Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, represented the views of more than 150 indigenous nations and organizations at a United Nations meeting June 3, 2014, in New York. Micklin’s statement includes four recommendations for the action-oriented document that will result from the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples. Please listen or...
On August 13 and 15, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination will review the United States' compliance with it's international human rights obligations under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD). The review will take place in Geneva, Switzerland as part of the Committee's 85th Session.The United States is required to submit...
September 9,2014 HELENA, Mont. ─ A UN Committee focused on eliminating race discrimination globally remains concerned that the United States continues to fall far short on protecting American Indian and Alaska Native women. The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination released its Concluding Observations August 29, 2014. This follows its periodic review of the United States' record in...
When the United Nations gathers for the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples Sept. 22-23, 2014, the most important result will be an Outcome Document that will be a guide for indigenous rights globally. The Center, in partnership with 136 Indian governments or nations in North, Central and South America, including over 100 in the United States, and a number of...