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 of Docip,We have the pleasure to present you our last weekly newsletter for the year 2019. The Docip team would like to take this opportunity to wish you a festive and peaceful end-of-year holiday with your loved ones and a good productive start on your projects in 2020. Our office will be closed on December 25 and 31, 2019, and on January 1, 2020. Most of our staff will be out of office until January 6, but your urgent messages can be sent at any time to...more
DECEMBER 15 - 21, 2019International Human Solidarity DayDecember 20, 2019WebsiteDEADLINESUN Democracy Fund call for project proposalsDeadline: 22 December 2019 Call for input: UNSRRIP Report on the situation of Indigenous Peoples in AsiaDeadline: 31 December 2019Invitation to peer review Local Biodiversity Outlooks 2 (LBO2)Deadline: January 6, 2019European Commission - EIDHR 2019 Global Call for ProposalsDeadline for submission of concept notes: January 9,...more
DECEMBER 8 - 14, 2019100th session of the Committee on the elimination of all forms of racial discriminationNovember 25 - December 13, 2019, Palais des Nations, Geneva, SwitzerlandWebsiteProvisional AgendaProgramme of WorkInformation note for NGOsRegistrationConsideration of State Reports: Cambodia, Colombia, Ireland, Israel, UzbekistanConference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25)December 2 - 13, 2019, Madrid, SpainWebsiteOrganizer's...more
DECEMBER 1 - 7, 201968th session of the Committee against TortureNovember 11 - December 6, 2019, Palais des Nations, Geneva, SwitzerlandWebsiteProvisional AgendaProgramme of WorkRegistrationConsideration of State Reports: Burkina Faso, Cyprus, Latvia, Niger, Portugal, Uzbekistan - List of issues: Cuba - LoIPR: Armenia, Ecuador, Finland, Monaco, Namibia100th session of the Committee on the elimination of all forms of racial discriminationNovember 25 - December 13, 2019, Palais des...more
Docip has the pleasure to inform you on the 8th Annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights (FBHR), which will be held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from November 25 to 27, 2019.Forum theme: "Time to act: Governments as catalysts for business respect for human rights"Information from the FBHR secretariat Website Registration Registration instructions Practical information for participants Updated programme NEW: Programme in English (pdf) Speakers Twitter account:...more
NOVEMBER 24 - 30, 201968th session of the Committee against TortureNovember 11 - December 6, 2019, Palais des Nations, Geneva, SwitzerlandWebsiteProvisional AgendaProgramme of WorkRegistrationConsideration of State Reports: Burkina Faso, Cyprus, Latvia, Niger, Portugal, Uzbekistan - List of issues: Cuba - LoIPR: Armenia, Ecuador, Finland, Monaco, Namibia8th session of the Forum on business and human rightsNovember 25 - 27, 2019, Palais des Nations, Geneva,...more
Docip has the pleasure to share with you our last publication of this year, the nº114 of our Update. This issue presents in its Focus section the context and consequences of the discussions around 2019 as International Year of Indigenous Languages. In the Ongoing Processes section, you will find a first article on the process of ways to enhance indigenous peoples’ participation in the UN.This article comprises an Annex which establishes a comparative table between the first draft resolution...more
NOVEMBER 17 - 23, 201968th session of the Committee against TortureNovember 11 - December 6, 2019, Palais des Nations, Geneva, SwitzerlandWebsiteProvisional AgendaProgramme of WorkRegistrationConsideration of State Reports: Burkina Faso, Cyprus, Latvia, Niger, Portugal, Uzbekistan - List of issues: Cuba - LoIPR: Armenia, Ecuador, Finland, Monaco, Namibia11th meeting of the ad hoc open-ended Working Group on article 8(j) and related provisions of the Convention on biological...more
Dear friends,Docip has the pleasure to inform you on a new call for applications from the UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples (UNVFIP). Please forward this call to your indigenous networks.UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples - New Call for applicationsApplications for funding by the Fund to attend the following meetings are now being accepted: Human Rights Council - 44th sessionJune 15 - July 3, 2020Universal Periodic Review Working Group - 36th sessionMay 4 - 15,...more
NOVEMBER 10 - 16, 201934th session of the Universal periodic review (UPR)November 4 - 15, 2019, Palais des Nations, Geneva, SwitzerlandWebsiteTimetableList of TroikasUPR-InfoStates under review: Andorra, Angola, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Gambia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Madagascar, San Marino, Slovenia68th session of the Committee against TortureNovember 11 - December 6, 2019, Palais des Nations,...more
