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Presentation: Climate Change and Traditional Knowledge-based Solutions, St. Francis, SD, May 7, 2019

Presentation on Climate Change and Traditional knowledge-based solutions by Andrea Carmen, Yaqui Nation, Executive Director of the International Indian Treaty Council, member of the Facilitative Working Group for the new Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples ...
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Interactive Dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Toxics, Thursday 25 April 2019, UN Headquarters / Diálogo interactivo con el Relator Especial sobre Derechos Humanos y Tóxicos de la ONU, Jueves, 25 de abril de 2019, Sede de la ONU

All delegations attending the 18th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues are cordially invited to an Interactive Dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Toxics on the human rights ...
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Call for Contributions: The right to adequate housing for Indigenous Peoples

The Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing will focus her forthcoming report to the General Assembly on the right to adequate housing for Indigenous Peoples. Many Indigenous Peoples around the world live in ...
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Call for inputs for the UN Secretary-General’s report on “human rights and cultural diversity

Following the adoption of resolution 72/170 entitled “Human rights and cultural diversity” by the General Assembly on 19 December 2017, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is preparing a report for submission ...
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The OAS General Assembly will convene its 49th Regular Session June 26-28, 2019 / La Asamblea General de la OEA celebrará su 49ª Sesión Regular del 26 al 28 de junio de 2019

The OAS General Assembly will convene its 49th Regular Session June 26-28, 2019   The OAS General Assembly will convene its 49th Regular Session from June 26-28, 2019 in Medellín, Colombia. Please note the deadline to submit registration ...
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Report on Recognition, Reparations, and Reconciliation

Call for submissions The Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples will prepare a report on Recognition, reparations and reconciliation under its mandate in resolution 33/25 (2b). The Expert Mechanism will present a draft ...
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General call for contributions on the consequences of exposure of indigenous people to toxic and otherwise hazardous substances

The Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes, pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 36/15 will dedicate his upcoming report to the ...
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