Statements

UN Committee sets deadlines for Philippine Government to address accusations of violations of IP rights

whit — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:53:51 +0000

Following its 71st session this August the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has invoked its Early Warning and Urgent Action Procedure imposing deadlines on the Government of the Philippines to respond to accusations regarding its failure to uphold, protect and respect the rights of the Subanon and other Indigenous Peoples in the context of mining operations on their lands.

Indigenous peoples demand green careers and communities

Kailash — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:14:19 +0000

WASHINGTON – American Indian leaders in the emerging green economy traveled to the nation’s capitol to lobby representatives, network and work together to demand good green jobs, careers and communities for Indian country. Representatives from the Navajo, Acoma, Oglala Sioux, Ojibwe, Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara nations participated in the Good Jobs, Green Jobs National Conference in Washington D.C. recently.

Anaya Statement - Official UN report on Australia's Indigenous people

rafael — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:28:46 +0100

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Indigenous intervention discriminatory: UN

Professor Anaya says the intervention is an extraordinary measure which infringes on the rights of Indigenous people.

The United Nations says Australia is breaching its international human rights obligations by continuing the Northern Territory intervention.

Asia Indigenous Caucus Statement in UN EMRIP

rafael — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:22:17 +0100

ASIA INDIGENOUS CAUCUS STATEMENT

2nd session of the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Agenda Item 3:
Lessons Learned and Challenges to Achieve the Right to Education by Indigenous Peoples.

Thank you, Mdm. Chairperson.

First of all, I would like to congratulate you on behalf of Asia Indigenous Peoples’ Caucus for your election as Chairperson of this session.

International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change (IIPFC)

rafael — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:12:54 +0100

PRESS RELEASE

Embargoed, 29th Sept, 2009: 14.00 PM

“Mother Earth is no longer in a period of climate change, but in climate crisis. ....Indigenous Peoples have a vital role in defending and healing Mother Earth. We uphold that the inherent rights of Indigenous Peoples … must be fully respected in all decision-making processes and activities related to climate change.”
The Anchorage Declaration 2009

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES are supposed to be at the centre of all climate change debates.

Latin American Indigenous Forum on Climate Change Results

Kailash — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:40:15 +0100

From March 29 to 31, 2010 in the city of San José, Costa Rica, regional and subregional networks of indigenous peoples in Latin America that make up the Latin American Indigenous Forum on Climate Change: The Central American Indigenous Council (CICA), the Indian Mesoamerican Council (ICMA), the International Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests, the Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA), Indigenous Women’s Network on Biodiversity, the Continental Network of Indigenous Women Region South America, the Indian Chair traveling and the In

Presentation of indigenous peoples at UN CSD

Kailash — Tue, 25 May 2010 12:38:48 +0100

The topic of this thematic section is on the potential contribution of mining to sustainable development. I would like to address this issue from the perspective of indigenous peoples and also from the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

I am an Igorot from the Cordillera Region in the Philippines. My region is where large scale gold, silver and copper mining has been taking place since the 1900s, during the American colonial period, and continues up to the present under the postcolonial governments.

Cameroon REDD Community Consultations and Civil Society Workshop

Kailash — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:17:56 +0100

Cameroon REDD Community Consultations and Civil Society Workshop

Baka, Bagyeli and Bakola forest people – together with their local support NGOs – have been conducting consultations in southern Cameroon to inform their communities about potential REDD projects.

Not in our seaway: Mohawks

whit — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:47:12 +0100

The Mohawk community of Kahnawake is determined to stop a plan by an Ontario nuclear power station to ship 16 massive steam generators along the St. Lawrence Seaway for recycling in Sweden.

“The fact that the seaway was built through our territory without our approval in the first place is bad enough,” said Clinton Phillips, the chief responsible for environmental issues on the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake.

“To use it to transport nuclear waste literally through our backyard would be adding insult to injury in a huge way.

Nigeria: 2011 Deadline Set For Ogoni Autonomy

whit — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 14:23:06 +0000

Nigeria: 2011 Deadline Set For Ogoni Autonomy

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Traditional Rulers Increase Momentum for 2011 Deadline Set for Ogoni Autonomy

30 November 2010

This is no time for traditional rulers in the oil and gas rich Ogoniland in Nigeria to sit idly by as the Movement for Survival of Ogoni People, MOSOP implements its Plan of Action to secure greater political autonomy for the Ogoni people.