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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...
9 de noviembre de 2021Clement ChartierEmbajador del Gobierno Nacional de Red River Métis, Presidente del Consejo Americano de Pueblos Indígenas (CAPI)Virtual( Inglés) A raíz de la pandemia mundial causada por el COVID 19 y sus variantes, todos los gobiernos nacionales de las Américas deben tomar medidas proactivas para abordar la devastación de las estructuras sociales y económicas de las sociedades...
During the pandemic, some Latin American countries were so focused on dealing with Covid that they got distracted from other menaces like drug dealing. In Peru, a cocaine production boom has sieged indigenous territories and some national parks. CGTN America's Dan Collyns brings a story about Narcos versus drug dealers in Peru.
HELENA, MT — The Fort Belknap Indian Community (FBIC) and three conservation organizations filed a motion to intervene in support of the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) in an appeal filed by Luke Ployhar to the Board of Environmental Review (BER) challenging the agency’s decision to require a comprehensive review of proposed mining exploration in the Zortman-Landusky Reclamation Area...
October 5, 2022Clement ChartierAmbassador of the National Government of the Red River Métis, President of the American Council of Indigenous Peoples (ACIP)Lima, Peru ( Español) Over the past several decades we have continued to voice issues and concerns in this and similar fora within the OAS. In this connection, one positive result was the adoption of the American Declaration on...
Helena, Montana, Oct. 11, 2022 – Today, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation announced the Indian Law Resource Center as one of the top awardees of its Racial Equity 2030 Challenge. The Challenge is awarding $80 million to five projects to help build and scale actionable ideas for transformative change in the systems and institutions that uphold racial inequities. The Center’s Indigenous...
5 de octubre de 2022Clement ChartierEmbajador del Gobierno Nacional de Red River Métis, Presidente del Consejo Americano de Pueblos Indígenas (CAPI)Lima, Perú( Inglés) Durante las últimas décadas, hemos seguido expresando cuestiones y preocupaciones en este y otros foros similares dentro de la OEA. En este sentido, un resultado positivo fue la aprobación de la Declaración Americana sobre los Derechos de...