Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples - New call for applications
2022-11-01
Dear friends,
Docip has the pleasure to inform you on a new call for applications from the UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples. Please pay attention to the deadline and forward this call to all your indigenous brothers and sisters.
UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples - New Call for applications
Applications for funding to attend the following meetings are now being accepted: https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/unpfii-sessions-2.html
1. Treaty Bodies
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 92nd session
- January 16 - February 3, 2023, Geneva, Switzerland
- Eligible countries: Bolivia, New Zeeland, and Sweden
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) - 84th session
- February 6 - 24, 2023, Geneva, Switzerland
- Eligible countries: Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Norway, and Tunisia
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) - 73rd session
- February 13 - March 3, 2023, Geneva, Switzerland
- Eligible countries: Cambodia, Panama, and China
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) - 28th session
- March 6 - 24, 2023, Geneva, Switzerland
- Eligible countries: Argentina, Georgia, Peru, and Tunisia
Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CED) - 23rd session
- March 20 - 31, 2023, Geneva, Switzerland
- Eligible countries: Argentina, Costa Rica, Benin, Norway, Brazil, Mongolia, Panama, and Zambia
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (CMW) - 35th session
- March 27 - April 6, 2023, Geneva, Switzerland
- Eligible countries: Benin, El Salvador, Nigeria, and Uruguay
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) - 76th session
- April 17 – May 12, 2023, Geneva, Switzerland
- Eligible countries: Brazil, Colombia, and Ethiopia
2. Human Rights Council and Universal Periodic Review
Universal Periodic Review - 42nd session
- January 23 - February 3, 2023, Geneva, Switzerland
- Eligible countries: Argentina, Peru, Gabon, Benin, Guatemala, Sri Lanka, Japan, Pakistan and Zambia
Human Rights Council - 52nd session
- February 27 – March 31, 2023, Geneva, Switzerland
The deadline for applying is November 20, 2022.
Application forms: