Summary Note 18 (January 2025)
This Summary presents the discussions held during the 17th session of the EMRIP, July 8 to 12, 2024.
To be a Docip volunteer involves putting one’s skills at the service of indigenous delegates during their participation in the UN arena.
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
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
