Op-Ed: To Heal, We Must Tell the Truth About the Treatment of California’s Indigenous Peoples
To Heal, We Must Tell the Truth About the Treatment of California’s Indigenous Peoples By Morning Star Gali As victims of centuries of brutal religious intolerance and cultural genocide, California Indigenous Peoples are insisting on ...
Read More IITC Provisional Position on protected and “conservation” areas
International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) Provisional Position regarding plans for the creation of “protected” and “conservation” areas within the Global Biodiversity Framework Updated 6 September 2021 Indigenous Peoples have the right to the lands, territories ...
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Tell FAO to stop the #ToxicAlliance with CropLife!
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recently signed a letter of intent to formalize a partnership with CropLife International. CropLife is the global trade association representing all of the largest agrochemical, pesticide, and seed ...
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Two Offices Focused on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Will Open in Guatemala on July 23, 2021
CONAVIGUA General Coordinator Rosalina Tuyuc, Francisco Cali Tzay and IITC Executive Director Andrea Carmen in Tecpan Guatemala, 2015 Juan Leon Alvarado with UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Francisco Calí Tzay in ...
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Human Rights Council Intersessional Roundtable: Enhanced Participation of Indigenous Peoples
Intersessional roundtable on ways to enhance the participation of indigenous peoples’ representatives and institutions in meetings of the Human Rights Council on issues affecting them. On 16 July 2021 (10 a.m. to 1 p.m.), ...
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Report on the Indigenous Peoples Global Consultation to the UNSR on Right to Food
This report was submitted by the due date to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food Michael Fakhri in response to his call for submissions focusing on Human Rights and the UN Food ...
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The UN Guiding Principles on Business & Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples
The UN Guiding Principles on Business & Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples – Progress achieved, the implementation gap and challenges for the next Decade produced by IWGIA and Indigenous Peoples Rights International. Download the publication here: UNGuidingPrinciples ...
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An Open Letter by Global Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples for the Establishment of a new UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Climate Change
To the States Members and Observers of the United Nations Human Rights Council As the 47th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) is taking place from 21 June to 15 July, 2021, the ...
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Fountain Wind Project Update, June 2021
June 22, 2021 Shasta County Department of Resource Management, Planning Division Attn. Lio Salazar, Senior Planner 1855 Placer Street, Suite 103 Redding, CA 96001 Via email: [email protected] Re: Fountain Wind Project Update Chemesunwee. My ...
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IITC joins the call for justice for the Tkémlúps te Secwépemc Nation
Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia, Canada, undated and unattributed. Edmonton, Alberta Canada: The International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) joins the Tḱemlúps te Secwépemc, the Indigenous Nations of Canada, and the international community ...
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