Summary Note 17 (December 2024)
This Summary presents the discussions held during the 23rd session of the UNPFII, April 15 to 26, 2024.
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Dear Friends,Next week we'll follow the the opening of the 46th session of the Human Rights Council and a short virtual meeting of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5). Please don't miss the deadline for inputs to the reports of the Special rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples and the other important dates in our list. Wishing you a good reading and a peaceful weekend,Pascal from Docip FEBRUARY 21 - 27, 202178th session of the Committee on the elimination of...more
Dear Friends,I am pleased to present to you the new edition of our weekly newsletter with the main events of the next week. I wish you good reading and a great and sunny weekend.Heartful greetings,Pascal from Docip FEBRUARY 14 - 20, 202159th session of the Commission for social developmentFebruary 8 - 17, 2021, UNHQ, New York, USA / virtual sessionWebsiteProvisional annotated agenda and proposed organization of workCivil society ForumSide-events78th session of the Committee on...more
Dear Friends,Do you know our online agenda of international conferences? We compile it on our website here. Keeping the information updated is a bit of a challenge these days, so we kindly ask you to confirm all information with the organizers. By the way, there is also a link for your suggestions and corrections at the bottom of the page.Enjoy your weekend and start the new week with a smile!Warm wishes,PascalFEBRUARY 7 - 13, 202159th session of the Commission for social...more
Dear friends,We have the pleasure to forward you a joint letter from Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI), the Indigenous Peoples Major Group for Sustainable Development (IPMG), and Docip.Best regards,Pascal D. AngstDocip - Information & Agendasecretariat@docip.org Call for inputs/endorsement to the European Union law on corporations to respect human rightsDear colleagues,“The European Commission has launched an international public consultation on a new EU law to...more
Dear Friends,The Forty-First Session of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) due to be held form February 8 to 12, 2021, has just been postponed again. We also have no information on any important international meeting starting next week. But we are happy to see that our indigenous friends continue firmly in the fight for their rights in the many online platforms and events that surged during the...more
Dear friends, Docip has the pleasure to share with you the Synthesis on the 13th session/regional meetings of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) that took place virtually from the 30th November to the 3rd of December 2020.The 13th session/regional meetings of this year's Expert Mechanism focused on “The impact of COVID-19 on the rights of indigenous peoples under the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples’’. This Summary summed up the...more
Dear Friends,Despite the vaccine, the Covid-19 pandemic is still ravaging our cities and communities and threathening our lives. I hope that you and your families are safe and well. Meanwhile the United Nations and many other actors are still posponing their activities or moving them online. We try to find the interesting events and activities for you and publish them to our social media accounts. Please use the buttons on the left or bottom of this message to visit us there.With my best...more
Dear friends,Docip has the pleasure to inform you on a new call for applications from the the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Please share this call with your indigenous brothers and sisters.Best regards,Pascal D. AngstDocip - Information & Agendasecretariat@docip.org Call for projects assisting indigenous victims of torture and slaveryDear all,The UN Voluntary Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery and the UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture are two funds...more
Dear Friends,It's my great pleasure to introduce you to our first weekly newsletter of the new year. I hope that you enjoyed a peaceful transition away from 2020, and I wish you a bright and healthy 2021. May your dreams become projects and your projects become beautiful reality. And please don't hesitate to contact us if you need support on your way.With my best wishes,Pascal D. AngstJANUARY 17 - 23, 202137th session of the Universal periodic review (UPR)January 18 - 29, 2021,...more
Dear friends, Docip makes you as Christmas present our last edition of our publication the Update nº115. As many saw in 2020 this opportunity for a change, it has also been the opportunity for many States and companies to increase the criminalization against human rights defenders, to get more impunity for land grabbing and more generally to discriminate even more – if possible – Indigenous Peoples. And it has been the opportunity for Indigenous Peoples once more to rise up with the means...more
