Saturday, April 25, 2015

UN recognizes copyright of Maori artists in tukutuku hanging in UN headquarters

April 27 2015

Forty-three tukutuku panels (a distinctive art form of the Maori people of New Zealand) woven by artists from around the country hang in the UN headquarters in New York. The United Nations has agreed that the artists retain copyright in the works, which is a departure from its usual practice.
Continued here.

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

American Society of International Law webinar: Realizing International Indigenous Rights in Domestic Law

Webinar: Realizing International Indigenous Rights in Domestic Law

Description: 
The panel discussion will explore the challenges and opportunities associated with implementing the the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in domestic law. Panelists will include Walter Echo-Hawk, a Native American attorney and professor with more than 40 years experience representing Native American tribes in litigation involving religious freedom, water rights, treaty rights and reburial/repatriation rights; Brett Kenney, the general counsel of the Coquille Indian Tribe of southern Oregon; and Nicholas Fromherz, a visiting assistant professor at Lewis & Clark Law School with extensive experience in Bolivia. Issues to be addressed by the panelists include: the goals of some Native American tribes to recover ancestral lands and co-manage federal natural resources; the relevance of UNDRIP and other human rights principles to those aspirations and to the possible future development of federal Indian law; and difficulties encountered to date in implementing UNDRIP during recent consultations over infrastructure projects in Bolivia.
This event is sponsored by ASIL's Rights of Indigenous People Interest Group and will be streamed live at www.asil.org/live for participants not in the Portland area. Please note that the event will take place at 10:00am PST / 1:00 EST. 

Date and Location

Date: 
Tuesday, April 21, 2015 - 10:00am to 11:30am


 
Location: 
Lewis & Clark Law School
Address 1: 
10015 S.W. Terwilliger Blvd.
City: 
Portland, OR (and online)