Docip's Weekly News No. 262
2021-08-06
Dear Friend,
Next week we will celebrate an important date with you: The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples on August 9. We have compiled the events around this date in a Google calendar that you can visit here: https://bit.ly/docip-calendar. Please send your information on additional events to news(at)docip.org. Thank you!
I wish you a pleasant reading of our newsletter.
Warm regards,
Pascal
AUGUST 8 - 14, 2021
August 9 - 25, 2021, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
August 9, 2021
August 12, 2021
DEADLINES
Call for written contributions to the draft general comment on Land and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
UPR-Info: call for applications for Pre-Sessions 40 (December 2021, TBC)
- Countries: Haiti, Iceland, Lithuania, Moldova, South Sudan, Syria, Timor-Leste, Togo, Uganda, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe
- Deadline: August 16, 2021
Call for comments: Draft Convention on the Right to Development
Survey for a UN report on the human rights to water and sanitation of Indigenous Peoples
Call for applications: WIPO Training Program on Intellectual Property for Women Entrepreneurs from Indigenous Peoples and Local communities
Call for inputs: UN report on combating intolerance based on religion or belief
FUTURE EVENTS
August 30 - September 3, 2021, Geneva, Switzerland (hybrid session)
September 13 - October 8, 2021, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Check out our online calendar for the International day of the world's Indigenous Peoples!
Send us your suggestions or corrections concerning our agenda and news!