Docip's Weekly News No. 478
19.12.2025

SEASON'S GREETING
Dear Friend of Docip,
As the year draws to a close, here is the last weekly newsletter before 2026. The year 2025 has confirmed the central place of Indigenous Peoples as guardians of life and essential partners in the search for solutions to the climate, environmental, and social crises facing humanity. Their role in the implementation of international agreements on biodiversity and climate action is becoming increasingly important, as is the recognition of their rights within the UN system. Nevertheless, the international context remains complex and requires a constant and reinforced presence.
For Docip, 2025 was a year of sustained engagement alongside Indigenous delegations, in Geneva, in New York, and in other negotiation venues, as well as through remote support. Our team continued its support work during sessions of UN mechanisms and continued to provide translation and interpretation services, train hundreds of delegates, document their participation, and assist them in engaging with European Union entities. At the same time, we continued to regularly disseminate useful advocacy information through this newsletter and through our digital channels, in order to support your ability to defend your rights in discussions taking place in international forums.
Our work would not be possible without the dedication and collaboration of many individuals and institutions. We would like to warmly thank our volunteers, translators, interpreters, and members of our Board of Trustees for their availability and consistency. We also express our deep gratitude to our public and private sector financial partners, who make our activities possible and allow us to maintain free and accessible services for Indigenous delegations; these partners include the European Union, the City of Geneva, the Canton of Geneva, and the Sami Parliament of Norway.
Our offices will be closed from December 25, 2025, to January 4, 2026, inclusive. For any urgent requests during this period, please write to the following address: secretariat(at)docip.org. The next newsletter will arrive in your inboxes in mid-January 2026, with the first announcements regarding the key UN events dedicated to Indigenous Peoples’ rights in the coming year.
We sincerely thank you for your continued trust and collaboration, and we look forward to continuing this journey with you in 2026. We wish you a very happy holiday season and a new year full of strength, health, and solidarity in the ongoing struggle for the rights of Indigenous Peoples.
The Docip Team
DECEMBER 21, 2025 - JANUARY 17, 2026
January 12 - 30, 2026, Palais Wilson, Geneva, Switzerland
DEADLINES
Request for side events during the 51st session of the Universal Periodic Review (January 19 - 30, 2026)
Call for inputs: UN report on new technologies and transitional justice
Call for Applications: Incomindios Lippuner Scholarship 2026
OHCHR Call for Inputs: Report on climate financing and human rights
Call for Innovations of the Multi-stakeholder forum on science, technology and innovation for the SDGs
Registration for the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70)
Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children: Call for inputs for the country visit to Chad (February 16 - 26, 2026)
Call for nominations: Front Line Defenders 2026 Award for human rights defenders at risk
Call for inputs: UN report on transforming food systems to protect human rights and prevent climate harm
NEW: Accreditation for the 25th session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (new entities, iCSO)
Call for inputs: UN Report on addressing the challenges and barriers to the full realization of the human rights of the people of the Marshall Islands stemming from the State’s nuclear legacy
Call for inputs: EMRIP study on “the rights of Indigenous Peoples in conflict and post-conflict situations”
Call for applications for the 3rd Biennial UN Global Indigenous Youth Forum 2026 (FAO)
Call for applications for the 2026 International Institute for Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Policy
Call for inputs: UN report on Corporate Governance, Business and Human Rights
NEW: Registration for the 25th session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (members of accredited entities, opens February 9)
NGO contributions to the stakeholder report for UPR 53 (November 2 - 13, 2026)
- Deadline: April 10, 2026
- Countries: Suriname, Greece, Samoa, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Hungary, Papua New Guinea, Tajikistan, United Republic of Tanzania, Antigua and Barbuda, Eswatini, Trinidad and Tobago, Thailand, Ireland
Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity: Call for inputs for the country visit to Finland
FUTURE EVENTS
January 19 - 30, 2026, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
- Website
- States under review: Micronesia (Federated States of), Lebanon, Mauritania, Nauru, Rwanda, Nepal, Saint Lucia, Oman, Austria, Australia, Georgia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Sao Tome and Principe
April 20 - May 1, 2025, New York, USA
July 13 - 17 , 2025, Geneva, Switzerland (date to be confirmed)
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
- Standing Against Harmful Business Practices - A Practical Guide to the OECD Complaint System for Indigenous Peoples (English | Spanish | Portuguese)
- The Land Gap Report 2025 (English)
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