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On September 22 and 23, 2014, the United Nations held the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples in order to share perspectives and best practices on the realization of the rights of indigenous peoples, including to pursue the objectives of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Updated October 26, 2016 October 3, 2016 New York The incoming President of the United Nations General Assembly’s 71st session (September 2016-September 2017) held an informal briefing with member states and indigenous peoples to discuss next steps to finalize and adopt a text on how to enable the participation of indigenous governments at the United Nations. Following the meeting, the...
Since the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, various United Nations bodies have decided to take action to implement key decisions of the Conference: Actions to combat violence against indigenous women. The Human Rights Council, the largest intergovernmental human rights body in the UN, held two panels in 2016 on the issue of violence against indigenous women and girls. In June...
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...
World Conference Resources UN Documents | Letters of the President | Outcome Document Memos regarding World Conference follow-up Actions to combat violence against indigenous women.pdf An Implementing and monitoring body for the UN Declaration.pdf Participation of indigenous governments in the UN.pdf Resolutions of the UN General Assembly Enhancing the participation of indigenous peoples’representatives and institutions in meetings of relevant United...
Actions to Implement the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples Outcome Document List of Supporting 94 Indigenous Governments and 22 Organizations Current as of July 5, 2016 The UN World Conference on Indigenous Peoples was an historic success, and the Outcome Document contains important decisions that will improve the lives of indigenous peoples and governments, but only if properly implemented. The...
An example of the unfairness of federal law and the injustice of federal administrative action to Indian tribes is the recent treatment of the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe, a small tribe in Death Valley, California.
In December 2007, the Indian Law Resource Center highlighted violence against Native women in a collaborative report in response to the United States’ report on its compliance with the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, a legally binding treaty adopted by the United Nations in 1965 and ratified by the United States in 1994. The...
The Interior Department’s Takeover of the Timbisha Shoshone Government
Download 2014-03-12 Notice of Appeal of Regional Director Decision to IBIA.pdf (1.23 MB) Download 2014-03-12 Notice of Appeal of Superintendent Decision.pdf (1.52 MB) Download TS Contest of the Results of Secretarial Election of March 29, 2014.pdf (4.79 MB) Download 2014-07-21 IBIA Threshold Issues Opening Brief(2).pdf (1.69 MB)