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,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
SEASON'S GREETINGDear friends of Docip,We are pleased to present our last weekly newsletter for the year 2020.The Covid-19 pandemic and climate change have been the major challenges of the year and have required a lot of flexibility and new solutions from all of us. They will surely continue to harass us next year. Indigenous peoples have been among the most affected by the pandemic and climate disasters, but they have also been the most resilient. Rebuilding better, fighting...more
DECEMBER 13 - 19, 2020THERE IS NO EVENT IN OUR AGENDA FOR NEXT WEEKDEADLINESWritten contributions to the 20th session of the Committee on Enforced DisappearancesDeadline for the Zambia: January 15, 2021Deadline for France and Spain: February 10, 2021Deadline for Colombia, Mongolia and Switzerland: March 12, 2021Fellowship in environmental solutions in the Amazon for Indigenous WomenDeadline: January 18, 2021FUTURE EVENTSWorld Indigenous ForumJanuary 13 - 14, 2021, virtual...more
DECEMBER 6 - 12, 2020International expert group meeting (EGM): Indigenous Peoples and pandemicsDecember 7 - 11, 2020, virtual meetingWebsiteConcept noteRegistrationPre-sessions of the 37th Universal Periodic Review (UPR)December 7 - 8, 2020, virtual meetingWebsiteStates under review: Australia, Austria, Federated States of Micronesia, Georgia, Lebanon, Mauritania, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Oman, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Sao Tome and Principe.Human Rights...more
Docip has the pleasure to present you the latest information on the 13th session of the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the meeting will take place from November 30 to December 4, 2020 in four virtual regional meetings, followed by a wrap up meeting for the EMRIP members and Secretariat. The topic of the regional meetings will be, "The impact of COVID-19 on the rights of indigenous peoples under the UN Declaration on the...more
NOVEMBER 29 - DECEMBER 5, 202013th session / Regional meetings of the Expert mechanism on the rights of Indigenous PeoplesNovember 30 - December 4, 2020, virtual sessionTheme: "The impact of COVID-19 on the rights of Indigenous Peoples under the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples"WebsiteDocip information noteIndigenous Peoples virtual preparatory meeting: November 29, 202013th session of the Conference of states parties to the Convention on the rights of...more
NOVEMBER 22 - 28, 2020102nd session of the Committee on the elimination of all forms of racial discriminationNovember 16 - 24, 2020, virtual session (country reviews postponed)WebsiteProvisional agendaProgramme of workInformation for NGOsConsideration of State Reports: Azerbaijan, Cameroon, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Senegal, Switzerland - LoIPR: Guyana, Monaco, TunisiaIndigenous Knowledge and Climate Risk Management: A Participatory WebinarNovember 23,...more
Docip has the pleasure to inform you on the 9th Annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights (FBHR), which will be held online from November 16 to 18, 2020.Forum theme: "Preventing business-related human rights abuses: The key to a sustainable future for people and planet"Information from the FBHR secretariat Website Registration Updated programme Speakers Twitter account: @WGBizHRs Twitter hashtags: #UNForumBHR / #bizhumanrights Watch the plenary sessions on UN WebTV Contact...more
