Summary Note 15 (December 2023)
This Summary presents the discussions held, in person and online, during the 16th session of the EMRIP, July 17 to 21, 2023.
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114TH SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
2024-11-25 - 2024-12-13Dear friends,With great sadness we were informed that Tomás Alarcón Eyzaguirre has left this world; he was descendent of the Qolllana Aymara in Perú and president of CAPAJ (Comisión Jurídica para el Autodesarrollo de los Pueblos Originarios Andinos). We have known Tomás since he came to the United Nations; he has committed his life as a lawyer defending the water rights in the Andean region of Tacna in the South of Perú as well as defending the rights of Indigenous Peoples in the different...more
CONFERENCES19th session of the Working group on human rights and transnational corporationsFebruary 5 - 9, 2018, Palais des Nations, Geneva, SwitzerlandWebsiteOpen meeting with civil society organisations: Wednesday, 7 February, 5pm-6pm Private consultation (business & experts): Thursday, 8 February, 2pm-6pm79th pre-sessional Working Group of the Committee on the Rights of the ChildFebruary 5 - 9, 2018, Palais des Nations, Geneva, SwitzerlandWebsiteRegistrationConsideration of...more
CONFERENCES77th session of the Committee on the Rights of the ChildJanuary 15 - February 2, 2018, Palais des Nations, Geneva, SwitzerlandWebsiteProgramme of workRegistration21st session of the Working Group on Situations (Human Rights Council)January 29 - February 2, 2018, Palais des Nations, Geneva, SwitzerlandWebsiteComplaint ProcedureDEADLINESCall for applications: Indigenous Biocultural Exchange FundDeadline: January 29, 2018Call for registration: UPR Pre-sessions...more
CONFERENCES29th session of the Universal Periodic ReviewJanuary 15 - 26, 2018, Palais des Nations, Geneva, SwitzerlandWebsiteUPR-InfoTimetableStates under review: Bahamas, Barbados, Botswana, Burundi, France, Israel, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Mali, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Tonga, United Arab Emirates77th session of the Committee on the Rights of the ChildJanuary 15 - February 2, 2018, Palais des Nations, Geneva, SwitzerlandWebsiteProgramme of workRegistration21st session of...more
CONFERENCES29th session of the Universal Periodic ReviewJanuary 15 - 26, 2018, Palais des Nations, Geneva, SwitzerlandWebsiteUPR-InfoTimetableStates under review: Bahamas, Barbados, Botswana, Burundi, France, Israel, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Mali, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Tonga, United Arab Emirates77th session of the Committee on the Rights of the ChildJanuary 15 - February 2, 2018, Palais des Nations, Geneva, SwitzerlandWebsiteProgramme of workRegistrationDEADLINESCall...more
Dear friends,We have the pleasure to present you our last weekly newsletter for the year 2017. The Docip team would like to take this opportunity to wish you a festive and restful end-of-year holiday with your loved ones and a good productive start on your projects in 2018. The Docip office will be closed from December 24 - 26, 2017, and from December 31 - January 2, 2018. During this period, we will publish messages and reminders mainly on our Facebook page and Twitter account. Also,...more
Docip has the pleasure to inform you on a new call for applications from the UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples. Please forward this call to your indigenous networks.UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples - Call for applications for UNPFII and EMRIP 2018 The UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples has made a call to submit applications to attend the 17th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) from 16 to 27 April 2018 in New York and 11th Session of...more
CONFERENCESInternational Human Rights DayDecember 10, 2017, worldwideWebsite10th meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological DiversityDecember 13 - 16, 2017, Montreal, CanadaWebsiteArticle 8(j) - Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and PracticesDocumentsProvisional AgendaAnnotated Provisional AgendaInformation Note for ParticipantsDEADLINESCall for Proposals 2018: CS Community Media Grants Deadline for...more
Docip has the pleasure to share with you our last publication of this year, the nº112 of the Update. This new edition of the Update makes in the Focus section a brief history of the adoption of the UNDRIP, with its challenges and good practices. The Ongoing Processes section presents in which sense indigenous peoples' land rights are shrinking in the international arena, by first looking at around indigenous peoples' traditional knowledge; the right to life of indigenous peoples' rights...more
CONFERENCES62nd session of the Committee Against TortureNovember 6 - December 6, 2017, Palais des Nations, Geneva, SwitzerlandWebsiteProvisional agendaProgramme of workAccreditationConsideration of State Reports: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Italy, Mauritius, Republic of Moldova, Rwanda, Timor-Leste - List of issues: Mauritania, Tajikistan - LOIPR: Austria, Malawi, Serbia, Slovakia, Somalia, Spain, Switzerland94th Session of the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms...more
