Docip's Weekly News No. 238
19.02.2021
Dear Friends,
Next week we'll follow the the opening of the 46th session of the Human Rights Council and a short virtual meeting of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5). Please don't miss the deadline for inputs to the reports of the Special rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples and the other important dates in our list.
Wishing you a good reading and a peaceful weekend,
Pascal from Docip
FEBRUARY 21 - 27, 2021
February 15 - 25, 2021, virtual session
February 15 - March 5, 2021, virtual session
February 22 - March 23, 2021, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
5th session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5)
February 22 - 23, 2021, virtual session
International Mother Language Day
February 21, 2021
DEADLINES
Call for inputs to the Special Rapporteur's report on Covid-19 Recovery and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights
Call for inputs to the Special Rapporteur's report on the situation of Indigenous Peoples living in urban areas
Call for applications: DGM Global Learning Fellowship 2021
- Eligible countries: Brazil, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Guatemala, Indonesia, Mexico, Mozambique, Nepal, Peru, Republic of Congo
- Extended deadline: March 1, 2021
UN Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery: Call for projects assisting indigenous victims
UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture: Call for projects assisting indigenous victims
EMRIP call for submissions: Report on Self-Determination under the UNDRIP
EMRIP call for submissions: Study on the rights of the indigenous child under the UNDRIP
Call for inputs: report on climate change related policies and projects from a right to development perspective
Call for applications: Keepers of the Earth Fund (KOEF)
Written contributions to the 20th session of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances
Call for input to a report on the long term detention of human rights defenders
Call for submissions: 39th session of the UPR (Oct-Nov 2021)
- Countries: Suriname, Greece, Samoa, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,Sudan, Hungary, Papua New Guinea, Tajikistan, United Republic of Tanzania, Antigua and Barbuda, Eswatini, Trinidad and Tobago, Thailand, Ireland
- Deadline: March 25, 2021
2021 UN Global Climate Action Awards
FUTURE EVENTS
April 19 - 30, 2021, UNHQ, New York, USA
- Website
- Note: "Participation of Indigenous Peoples’ organizations and civil society will not be possible in-person and will take place only online."
July 6 - 15, 2021, UNHQ, New York, USA
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