Invitation to Docip's Second Training Workshop (UNPFII 16)

01.05.2017

Docip and the UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples cordially invite you to their 2^nd 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.

Workshop – Using the UN Treaty Bodies to Advance the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Monday, May 1, 2017, 1:15pm – 2:30pm

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

Programme

1:15pm-1:30pm	General introduction to the United Nations human rights treaty bodies Speaker: Morse Flores, Voluntary Fund Secretariat (OHCHR) What are UN human rights treaty bodies? How do they work? How can indigenous peoples engage with them?
	Questions and discussion

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) Speaker: Morse Flores, OHCHR
	Questions and discussion