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November 9, 2021Clement ChartierAmbassador of the National Government of the Red River Métis, President of the American Council of Indigenous Peoples (ACIP)Virtual( Español) In the aftermath of the global pandemic caused by COVID 19 and its variants, all national governments in the Americas must take proactive measures to address the devastation of the social and economic structures of societies across...
The Center is accepting proposals from strategic communications/public affairs firms that can help us create and implement a robust communications strategy to raise awareness and the profile of our Indigenous land rights case against the government of Guatemala that is now before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. The selected Firm will help create clear, jargon-free, and moving messages (in...
A Parallel Event – NGO CSW Forum UN Commission on the Status of Women 66th Session March 22, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. (Eastern) Indigenous women will discuss how climate change may increase and fuel violence against them, and the strategies they are pursuing to restore safety in their communities. When unsustainable development takes and damages indigenous land...
White House Fact Sheet:Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Today, March 15th, President Biden signed the VAWA 2022 Reauthorization into law. [1] “The long awaited reauthorization of VAWA comes at a critical time when American Indian and Alaska Native face unprecedented levels of violence on tribal lands and in Alaska Native villages,” said Jana L. Walker, Senior Attorney...
The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) crisis in America is not just the result of the failures of our criminal justice system, it is a result of systemic violations of Indigenous women’s human rights. The presentation will review the international legal framework applicable to MMIW and other forms of violence committed against Indigenous women. We will look closely at...
President Biden proclaimed May 5, 2022, as Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day calling on all Americans and asking “all levels of government to support Tribal governments and Tribal communities’ efforts to increase awareness of the issue of missing or murdered Indigenous persons through appropriate programs and activities” and to “commit to working with tribal Nations and communities to...
In August, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) will review the United States’ recent Combined Periodic Reports concerning its compliance with an important international treaty. CERD is a body of experts that monitors compliance by State parties with the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), a binding treaty adopted by the...
Proposal of the Navajo nation, Haudenosaunee, and the Citizen Potawatomi nation concerning Article XXIV of the OAS Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - Traditional forms of property Rights to land territory and resources
July 28, 2022 -- The United Nations General Assembly made an historic, groundbreaking move, declaring that everyone on this planet has the right to a healthy environment. The General Assembly adopted Resolution A/76/L.75, recognizing the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment as a human right. “This resolution sends a message that nobody can take nature, clean air and...