Summary Note 17 (December 2024)
This Summary presents the discussions held during the 23rd session of the UNPFII, April 15 to 26, 2024.
To be a Docip volunteer involves putting one’s skills at the service of indigenous delegates during their participation in the UN arena.
Docip and the UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples cordially invite you to their 2nd workshop during the Permanent Forum (UNPFII 16). This training session is open to all delegates. Interpretation will be available in English, Spanish, French and Russian.
Conference Room 4, Conference Building, UN Headquarters, New York
Co-facilitators: Myrna Cunningham, Chair, UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples and Joshua Cooper, Hawai'i Institute for Human Rights
| 1:15pm-1:30pm | General introduction to the United Nations human rights treaty bodies Speaker: Morse Flores, Voluntary Fund Secretariat (OHCHR)
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| 1:30pm-2:15pm | Experiences of using the treaty bodies to advance the rights of indigenous peoples |
| 1:30pm-1:40pm | Engaging with treaty bodies and increasing direct input from indigenous peoples Speaker: Andrea Carmen, IITC |
| 1:40pm-1:50pm | How to follow up (concluding observations, country visits) Speaker: Rosalee Gonzalez, Continental Network of Indigenous Women of the Americas |
| 1:50pm-2:00pm | Follow up: Good practices and lessons learned Speaker: Binota Dhamai, AIPP |
| 2:00pm-2:20pm | Questions and discussion |
| 2:20pm-2:30pm | Funding for participation in coming UN treaty body sessions (2017-2018) |
| Questions and discussion |
