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]
Update/Informativo 97-98 December,22 2011
We are happy to inform you that Update 97-98 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: 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]
WIPO IGC 19: Indigenous Peoples' statement and IGC's report to GA September,15 2011
The indigenous delegates who participated to the UN World Intellectual Property Organization’s Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore which met from 18 to 22 July 2011 in ... [more]
HRC 18: panel presentation - oral statements - documents - caucus September,12 2011
A panel on the "Role of languages and culture in the promotion and protection of the well-being and identity of indigenous peoples" will take place on Tuesday September 20, 2011, from 3 pm to 6 pm in room XX, following the Interactive Dialogues with ... [more]
HRC 18: indigenous issues on Tuesday September 20, 2011 August,23 2011
For the 18th session of the Human Rights Council (September 12 to 30, 2011), the indigenous issues will be grouped on Tuesday September 20, 2011. Interactive dialogues with the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Expert ... [more]
