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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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
Docip has the pleasure to inform you on the 6th Annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, which will be held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from November 27 to 29, 2017.Forum theme: "Realizing Access to Effective Remedy"General information on the ForumWebsiteRegistrationTimetableProgramme of workSpeakers list"Snapshot" presentationsTwitter account: @WGBizHRsTwitter hashtags: #UNForumBHR / #bizhumanrightsWatch the plenary sessions on UN WebTVIndigenous...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
Docip has the pleasure to inform you on a message from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.Questionnaire on "Human Rights and Climate Change"Dear Sir/Madam,I write to invite your contribution to the research and report that the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is preparing in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution A/HRC/35/20 entitled "Human Rights and Climate Change". The text of the...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, Switzerland80th Session of the Working Group on Arbitrary...more
Docip has the pleasure to inform you on the 23th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP23). The "UN Climate Change Conference 2017" will take place from November 6 to 17, 2017 in Bonn, Germany.GENERAL INFORMATIONUNFCCCUNFCCC Website for COP 23Overview scheduleVenue mapsGlobal Climate ActionBonn Zone, November 10 - 14. 2017 Site ProgrammeINDIGENOUS PEOPLESGlobal Indigenous Peoples' Caucus (GIPC)The GIPC Preparatory...more
Docip is happy to share with you that on October 30th UNESCO recognized 33 years of “Statements made by Indigenous Peoples at the United Nations 1982 to 2015” as a key element of World Heritage. (More information on the collection). With the aim of sharing the good news with public opinion, as well as with our close partners, we would like to invite you to a press conference, followed by a celebration cocktail. The conference will take place next Tuesday, November 14 at the Club Suisse...more
