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 is pleased to inform you on the official programme and the side-events at the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Geneva. For last minute changes you might want to follow our twitter account and consult the information screens at the UN.
| 10:00am–1:00pm | Item 5 | Interactive dialogue with national human rights institutions, regional human rights institutions and similar mechanisms |
| 3:00pm–6:00pm | Item 4 | Study and advice on good practices and challenges in business and in access to financial services by indigenous peoples |
| 9:00am–9:55am | Room XXIII | Participation of indigenous peoples in WIPO processes | WIPO | EN|ES |
| 1:15pm–2:45pm | Room XXIII | Indigenous peoples’ rights and the impacts of extractive industries in the Americas and in Africa | IWGIA, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights | EN|ES |
| 1:15pm–2:45pm | Room XXVII | European Commission and the rights-based approach: its main vehicle for indigenous peoples’ rights | European Commission and DOCIP | EN|ES|FR|RU |
| 1:15pm–2:45pm | Room XXV | Open Consultations: 2019 - Year of indigenous languages | UNESCO / EMRIP | EN, others tbc |
