Documentation Network Regrouping specialized documentation centres on indigenous issues - NEW DATES May,14 2012
The annual Meeting of the Documentation Network Regrouping specialized documentation centres on indigenous issues will take place at the following dates (due to the exceptional difficulties with room availability, meetings will be held according to ... [more]
DoCip trainings at the 11th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues May,01 2012
DoCip organises the following trainings during the 11th session of the UNPFII, in partnership with the UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations: Wednesday, 9 May 2012 Effective And Meaningful Participation In The UNPFII 3:15 - 4:30 p.m. in ... [more]
Docip Technical Secretariat at the UNPFII in New York, May 7-18, 2012 April,30 2012
During the 11th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues which will take place in New York from May 7 to 18, 2011, doCip sets up a technical secretariat to the attention of the indigenous delegates attending this conference. doCip’s ... [more]
Reunion of the Indigenous Documentation Network, UNPFII, New York April,30 2012
The annual reunion of the Documentation Network Regrouping Specialized Documentation Centres on Indigenous Issues will take place on Wednesday May 9, 2012 or Friday May 11, 2012 from 1:15pm to 2:30 pm (exact date and location according to the ... [more]
WG on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations: invitation to stakeholder consultation April,24 2012
During its second session from 7 to 11 May 2012, the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises will hold an open multi-stakeholder consultation to discuss the 2012 Forum on Business and ... [more]
Meetings with the SRIP during the UNPFII April,20 2012
From 14 May to 18 May 2012, the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, James Anaya, will hold individual meetings with representatives of indigenous peoples and organizations during the eleventh session of the United Nations ... [more]
WIPO IGC 21: dates and information April,12 2012
The 21st session of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) will take place in Geneva from Monday, April 16 (10 a.m.) to 20, 2012. This session of the IGC will address ... [more]
Update/Informativo 99-100 April,04 2012
We are happy to inform you that Update 99-100 is now available. Go to the "Update online" section to view the Table of Contents and find the link to the whole issue in PDF format. All previous issues are available in the "All issues" section. [more]
WIPO IGC 20: Indigenous Peoples' statements March,21 2012
The International Indigenous Forum has presented two statements at the UN World Intellectual Property Organization’s Intergovernmental Committee (IGC) on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore which met 14-22 ... [more]
Adoption of a Resolution on Indigenous Women March,20 2012
On 9 March 2012, the draft resolution entitled: “Indigenous Women: key actors in poverty and hunger eradication” (E/CN.6/2012/L.6) was adopted at the Commission on the Status of Women at its Fifty-sixth Session. To view the resolution, please click ... [more]
OHCHR Indigenous Fellowships - 2013 English Speaking Programme March,14 2012
The Indigenous Fellowship Programme was launched in 1997 by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in the context of the first International Decade of the World's Indigenous People. The aim of the programme is to give ... [more]
Launch of the upgraded Universal Human Rights Index database March,06 2012
The new Universal Human Rights Index (UHRI) database allows for the retrieval of individual recommendations and full documents from treaty bodies, special procedures and the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process for all countries. It also gives ... [more]
Pre-registration to the 11th session of the UNPFII February,29 2012
The pre-registration to the 11th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), which will take place in New York at the UN Headquarters from May 7 to 18, 2012, is now open. The indigenous organisations who wish to participate need ... [more]
Call for submissions on indigenous peoples' participation in the United Nations February,23 2012
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights welcomes submissions on the paper being prepared by the Secretary General on indigenous peoples' participation at the United Nations by 9 April 2012. See Human Rights Council resolution 18/8 ... [more]
WCIP 2014: resolution of the IP's meeting in Copenhagen February,01 2012
The participants in the open-ended Indigenous Peoples' Brainstorming Meeting on the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples (WCIP) 2014, which took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 13-14 January 2012, adopted a resolution, to which you will access ... [more]
WIPO IGC 20: dates and information December,19 2011
At its last session in 2011, WIPO General Assembly had agreed on the mandate for the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) for the 2011-2013 biennium. The 20th session ... [more]
CBD: documents on the 2011 reunion of the Working Group on Article 8(j) and related provisions November,16 2011
Official documents and statements of the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB) submitted during the 7th meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (WG8J-7) of the Convention on Biological ... [more]
EMRIP: call for submissions on indigenous peoples' languages and culture November,16 2011
The Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) is calling for submissions on the role of languages and culture in the protection and promotion of the rights and identity of indigenous peoples, its current mandated study in ... [more]
HRC 18: resolution "Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples" October,19 2011
The resolution "Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples " which was adopted on September 29, 2011 at the 18th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva, is available here. The HRC has notably requested the Secretary-General, in cooperation ... [more]
Committee on the Rights of the Child: individual complaints accepted September,28 2011
On June 17, 2011, the Human Rights Council has adopted the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which establishes a full complaints procedure for the CRC and gives its Committee the right to receive individual ... [more]
