Summary Note 18 (January 2025)
This Summary presents the discussions held during the 17th session of the EMRIP, July 8 to 12, 2024.
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Docip has the pleasure to inform you on the 38th session of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC), which will be held at the headquarters of WIPO in Geneva,from December 10 - 14, 2018.Indigenous Peoples' Preparatory MeetingThe Indigenous Peoples' Preparatory Meeting will take place on Saturday, December 8, 2018, 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM, and Sunday, December 9, 2018, 11:00 AM - 5:30 PM at "La Pastorale",...more
CONFERENCES65th session of the Committee Against TortureNovember 12 - December 7, 2018, Palais des Nations, Geneva, SwitzerlandWebsiteProvisional agendaProgramme of WorkRegistrationConsideration of State Reports: Canada, Guatemala, Maldives, Netherlands, Peru, Viet Nam - List of issues: Benin, South Africa - LoIPR: France, Israel, Philippines, Turkey97th session of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial DiscriminationNovember 26 - December 14, 2018, Palais des Nations, Geneva,...more
CONFERENCES65th session of the Committee Against TortureNovember 12 - December 7, 2018, Palais des Nations, Geneva, SwitzerlandWebsiteProvisional agendaProgramme of WorkRegistrationConsideration of State Reports: Canada, Guatemala, Maldives, Netherlands, Peru, Viet Nam - List of issues: Benin, South Africa - LoIPR: France, Israel, Philippines, TurkeyUN Biodiversity Conference - COP14November 13 - 29, 2018, Sharm El-Sheikh, EgyptWebsiteHost country websiteRevised annotated...more
Docip has the pleasure to inform you on the 7th Annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, which will be held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from November 26 to 28, 2018.Forum theme: "Business respect for human rights – building on what works"General information on the ForumWebsiteRegistrationPractical information for participantsProgramme of workSpeakers listTwitter account: @WGBizHRsTwitter hashtags: #UNForumBHR / #bizhumanrightsWatch the plenary sessions on UN...more
CONFERENCES65th session of the Committee Against TortureNovember 12 - December 7, 2018, Palais des Nations, Geneva, SwitzerlandWebsiteProvisional agendaProgramme of WorkRegistrationConsideration of State Reports: Canada, Guatemala, Maldives, Netherlands, Peru, Viet Nam - List of issues: Benin, South Africa - LoIPR: France, Israel, Philippines, TurkeyUN Biodiversity Conference - COP14November 13 - 29, 2018, Sharm El-Sheikh, EgyptWebsiteHost country websiteRevised annotated...more
Dear friends,Docip has the pleasure to forward you an important message from the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP).Call for applications: Independent Experts of the Human Rights CouncilThe Secretariat of the Human Rights Council is currently accepting applications for the following vacancies of independent United Nations experts of the Human Rights Council:Four members of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP)(as per Human Rights...more
CONFERENCES31st session of the Universal Periodic ReviewNovember 5 - 16, 2018, Palais des Nations, Geneva, SwitzerlandWebsiteTimetableList of TroikasRegistrationUPR-InfoStates under review: Belize, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Congo, Jordan, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Senegal15th session of the Committee on Enforced DisappearancesNovember 5 - 16, 2018, Palais des Nations, Geneva, SwitzerlandWebsiteProvisional agendaProgramme of...more
Docip has the pleasure to share with you our last publication of this year, the nº113 of our Update. This new edition of the Update presents in the Focus section the different discussions held on the topic of the criminalization of indigenous peoples’ rights defenders, along with some useful links and tools that can be used in such cases. Ongoing Processes give an overview of the other important issues currently making a difference in the international arena, such as indigenous women’s...more
CONFERENCES71st session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against WomenOctober 22 - November 9, 2018, Palais des Nations, Geneva, SwitzerlandWebsiteAnnotated provisional agendaProgramme of workInformation for NGOsRegistrationConsideration of State Reports: Bahamas, Congo, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Mauritius, Nepal, Samoa, Tajikistan, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia31st session of the Universal Periodic ReviewNovember 5 - 16, 2018, Palais des...more
CONFERENCES124th session of the Committee on Civil and Political RightsOctober 8 - November 2, 2018, Palais des Nations, Geneva, SwitzerlandWebsiteProvisional AgendaProgramme of workInformation Note for NGOsRegistrationConsideration of State Reports: Belarus, Belize, Bulgaria, Guinea, Sudan - Consideration of country situation in the absence of a State report: Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - List of issues: Mauritania, Tajikistan - List of issues...more
