Summary Note 17 (December 2024)
This Summary presents the discussions held during the 23rd session of the UNPFII, April 15 to 26, 2024.
To be a Docip volunteer involves putting one’s skills at the service of indigenous delegates during their participation in the UN arena.
The United Nations has two forums of work and dialogue intended specifically for Indigenous Peoples: the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
A wide range of special procedures are available within the United Nations for members of civil society. For Indigenous Peoples, these specifically include the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, but there are also other thematic mandates, as well as country-specific mandates. Read more...
Within the United Nations there are a number of programmes and agencies, some of which have related international legal instruments, that work on issues relevant to Indigenous Peoples (e.g., health, work, intellectual property, education). Read more...
This involves committees of independent experts that have a mandate to monitor the States' implementation of the international legal instruments that they ratify. Members of civil society can send alternative (or "shadow") reports on the situation of human rights to the various committees. Indigenous Peoples may participate in sending these reports. Read more...
Every four and a half years, various countries come before the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), a mechanism of the Human Rights Council, to assess the human rights situation within their national territory. At the end of each review, a report is made public in which recommendations are made to the State in question. The UPR requires that members of civil society be involved in the groundwork, and Indigenous Peoples may participate in this. Read more...
A number of funds are available, through the United Nations or through various other organizations based mainly in Europe, to facilitate the participation of Indigenous Peoples at the international level. Read more...
