Summary Note 18 (January 2025)
This Summary presents the discussions held during the 17th session of the EMRIP, July 8 to 12, 2024.
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Dear Friends,Happy New Year from all of us at Docip! As we embark on another working year, we are thrilled to share with you our Summary Notes from the 17th Session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP), held in Geneva in July 2024.As with last year’s Notes, this document is not meant to serve as a narrative report but rather as a snapshot of the “on-the-ground” reality of the discussions that took place in the room. It offers a synthesis of all the...more
JANUARY 19 - 25, 202598th session of the Committee on the rights of the childJanuary 13 - 31, 2025, Palais Wilson, Geneva, SwitzerlandWebsiteProgramme of workRegistrationConsideration of State Reports: Ecuador, Eritrea, Gambia, Honduras, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Slovakia48th session of the Universal periodic reviewJanuary 20 - 31, 2025, Palais des Nations, Geneva, SwitzerlandWebsiteTimetableTroikaUPR ExtranetUPR-InfoRegistrationStates under review: Italy, El Salvador, Gambia,...more
SEASON'S GREETINGDear Friend of Docip,As the year draws to a close, you are hereby receiving the last weekly newsletter before the year 2025.Let us anticipate that this new year will bring hope and renewal. The world has been destabilized by numerous conflicts and by an environment that reminds us every day that we must change the model in order to preserve life and limit the effects of climate change. Indigenous Peoples are the first and most faithful guardians of this world and its...more
Dear Friends,As we bid farewell to 2024 and look forward to the new year, we’d like to bridge the winter “conference gap” by sharing our Summary Notes of the 23rd Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), held from April 15 - 26, 2024, in New York.Much like last year’s notes, these summaries are not intended to be narrative reports. Instead, they offer detailed minutes capturing the “on-the-ground” reality of the discussions that took place.Before you...more
DECEMBER 15 - 21, 202410th session of the Open-ended intergovernmental working group to elaborate a legally binding instrument on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rightsDecember 16 - 20, 2024, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland WebsiteRevised draft programme of workInformation on participationTable of side eventsAccreditationInternational human solidarity dayDecember 20, 2024WebsiteDEADLINESConsultation on the HLPE-FSN report...more
DECEMBER 8 - 14, 2024114th session of the Committee on the elimination of all forms of racial discriminationNovember 25 - December 13, 2024, Palais Wilson, Geneva, SwitzerlandWebsiteProvisional agendaProgramme of workInformation note for NGOsRegistrationConsideration of State Reports: Armenia, Ecuador, Greece, Kenya, Monaco, Saudi Arabia - LoIPR: Côte d'Ivoire, Malawi, Seychelles16th session of the Conference of the Parties of the UN Convention to Combat DesertificationDecember 2 -...more
DECEMBER 1 - 7, 2024114th session of the Committee on the elimination of all forms of racial discriminationNovember 25 - December 13, 2024, Palais Wilson, Geneva, SwitzerlandWebsiteProvisional agendaProgramme of workInformation note for NGOsRegistrationConsideration of State Reports: Armenia, Ecuador, Greece, Kenya, Monaco, Saudi Arabia - LoIPR: Côte d'Ivoire, Malawi, Seychelles49th session of the Intergovernmental Committee on intellectual property and genetic resources, traditional...more
NOVEMBER 24 - 30, 2024114th session of the Committee on the elimination of all forms of racial discriminationNovember 25 - December 13, 2024, Palais Wilson, Geneva, SwitzerlandWebsiteProvisional agendaProgramme of workInformation note for NGOsRegistrationConsideration of State Reports: Armenia, Ecuador, Greece, Kenya, Monaco, Saudi Arabia - LoIPR: Côte d'Ivoire, Malawi, Seychelles13th session of the Forum on business and human rightsNovember 25 - 27, 2024, Palais des Nations, Geneva,...more
NOVEMBER 17 - 23, 202481st session of the Committee against tortureOctober 28 - November 22, 2024, Palais Wilson, Geneva, SwitzerlandWebsiteProvisional AgendaProvisional programme of workInformation for civil society, NGOs and NHRIsRegistrationConsideration of State Reports: Cameroon, Jordan, Kuwait, Mongolia, Namibia, Thailand - LoIPR: Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, San Marino, Serbia, SwedenConference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29)November 11 - 22,...more
NOVEMBER 10 - 16, 202481st session of the Committee against tortureOctober 28 - November 22, 2024, Palais Wilson, Geneva, SwitzerlandWebsiteProvisional AgendaProvisional programme of workInformation for civil society, NGOs and NHRIsRegistrationConsideration of State Reports: Cameroon, Jordan, Kuwait, Mongolia, Namibia, Thailand - LoIPR: Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, San Marino, Serbia, Sweden47th session of the Universal periodic review (UPR)November 4 - 15, 2024, Palais des Nations, Geneva,...more
