The documents of the Permanent Forum 2008 in our database

They are most available! Others, received later, will be available soon. You can find them going into our documentary database online and then clicking on Permanent Forum ->2008. For direct access, click on this link ant then on the green icon next  ...  [more]

Update/Informativo 77-78

We are happy to inform you that Update 77-78 is now available. To read it online (in HTML format) click here. To download and print it, go to "All issues" and choose the option "By Year and issue". There you will find the PDF version.   [more]

New Special Rapporteur

James Anaya (USA) is the new Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of Indigenous peoples. Information on his career can be found on the "Public List of Candidates for Special Procedures Mandate Holders" in the  ...  [more]

CERD Expresses Concerns about Racism in the United States

March 7th, 2008: United Nations Body Expresses Concerns about Racism in the United States, Calls for the US to apply the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Today, March 7th 2008, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of  ...  [more]

IP, Treaties and the Right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent : useful document

A « Symposium on the application of the UN Declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples » was held last February 19th and 20th in Vancouver. In the scope of this event, the IITC presented a significant document for Indigenous peoples that we make  ...  [more]

IP censured : The IIFB walk out the Working Group on Protected Areas

Rome, February 14 2008. The International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity decided to walk out the Working Group on Protected Areas of the Convention on Biodiversity this morning as they were not able to participate effectively. An increasing number  ...  [more]

Press Release : UN Convention on Biological Diversity Ignores Indigenous Peoples Rights to Genetic Resources and Knowledge

(Geneva,Switzerland) Representatives from Indigenous rights organizations, express grave concern with the on-going negotiations of parties to the UN Convention as they elaborate and negociate an international regime on access and benefit sharing  ...  [more]