From the BBC:
Historic Indigenous objects return to Australia
A collection of rare objects, including a shield thought to have been picked up by Captain Cook in 1770, are set to return to Australia for the first time.
The exhibition is part of a new deal signed between the National Museum of Australia and the British Museum.
A similar exhibit will be done at the British Museum.
Friday, February 27, 2015
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
American Indian Law Alliance (AILA) Statement to UNPFII Expert Group Meeting: Dialogue on an Optional Protocol
From Idle No More:
A Statement from the AILA to the UNPFII Expert Group Meeting: Dialogue on an optional protocol to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, 28-29 January 2015, UN Headquarters, Presented by the American Indian Law Alliance (AILA)
www.ailanyc.org Oral statement delivered 29 January 2015 is reproduced at the Idle No More website.
The Expert Group on Indigenous Peoples has scheduled a meeting on an Optional Protocol to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to be held April 20 - May 11, 2015 at the UN headquarters. The AILA presents it's objections to the optional protocol itself and to the manner in which the discussion has developed.
A Statement from the AILA to the UNPFII Expert Group Meeting: Dialogue on an optional protocol to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, 28-29 January 2015, UN Headquarters, Presented by the American Indian Law Alliance (AILA)
www.ailanyc.org Oral statement delivered 29 January 2015 is reproduced at the Idle No More website.
The Expert Group on Indigenous Peoples has scheduled a meeting on an Optional Protocol to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to be held April 20 - May 11, 2015 at the UN headquarters. The AILA presents it's objections to the optional protocol itself and to the manner in which the discussion has developed.
Items mentioned:
“Study on an optional protocol to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples focusing on a voluntary mechanism” (E/C.19/2014/7)2
The Haudenosaunee intervention on ‘Principles of Good Governance,’ delivered by Chief Oren Lyons (Onondaga Nation), under Agenda Item 3 at the Thirteenth Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) delivered on May 14, 2014.
Fourteenth Session of the UNPFII to take place April 20- May 1, 2015 at UN Headquarters lists as its proposed Agenda Item 5: Half-day discussion on the expert group meeting on the theme “Dialogue on an optional protocol to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People”
proposal to revise EMRIP’s mandate, which emerged from the negotiations of the HLPM/WCIP Outcome Document. Paragraph 28 of the Outcome Document of the HLPM/WCIP
Modalities Resolution of the HLPM/WCIP
UNDRIP
expert paper submitted by Professor Mattias Åhrén to the Expert Group Meeting
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
International Human Rights Day: 10 December 2014
The UN General Assembly proclaimed 10 December as Human Rights Day in 1950, to bring to the attention ‘of the peoples of the world’ the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as the common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations.
This year’s slogan, Human Rights 365, encompasses the idea that every day is Human Rights Day. It celebrates the fundamental proposition in the Universal Declaration that each one of us, everywhere, at all times is entitled to the full range of human rights, that human rights belong equally to each of us and bind us together as a global community with the same ideals and values.
This year’s slogan, Human Rights 365, encompasses the idea that every day is Human Rights Day. It celebrates the fundamental proposition in the Universal Declaration that each one of us, everywhere, at all times is entitled to the full range of human rights, that human rights belong equally to each of us and bind us together as a global community with the same ideals and values.
Stop the Apache Land Grab! Stop Rio Tinto!
If you are a US citizen consider signing the petition at We the People. Read the article at LastRealIndians.com.
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Foundation for Endangered Languages Conference held 17-20 September 2014
The Foundation for Endangered Languages supports, enables and assists the documentation, protection and promotion of endangered languages. This website describes our activities, and includes our newsletter Ogmios and details of our conferences.News
FEL XVIII FEL XVIII, our recent conference, was on the theme: Indigenous Languages: Value to the Community. It took place at Naha, on the Ryukyuan island of Okinawa, 17-20 September 2014. See our FEL conference page and the Ryukyuan Heritage Language Society.Our latest round of grants is now advertised on our Grants page.
Latest issue of Ogmios, the FEL newsletter
First Report from Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples to General Assembly Print United Nations General Assembly Item 69 (b) of the provisional agenda Promotion and protection of human rights: human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms Pdf version: [En] [Sp] [Fr] [Ar] [Ru] [Ch]
Rights of indigenous peoples, including their economic, social and cultural rights in the post-2015 development framework Note by the Secretary-General
The Secretary-General has the honour to transmit to the General Assembly, in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 24/10, the report of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on the rights of indigenous peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz.
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
New book: Indigenous Peoples, Customary Law and Human Rights – Why Living Law Matters
At a time when the self-determination, land, resources and cultural heritage of Indigenous peoples are increasingly under threat, this accessible book presents the key issues for both legal and non-legal scholars, practitioners, students of human rights and environmental justice, and Indigenous peoples themselves.
Brendan Tobin, Indigenous Peoples, Customary Law and Human Rights – Why Living Law Matters
Sunday, September 21, 2014
A different view on the Canadian Human Rights Museum
From the Calgary Herald:
19 September 2014
Stephen Maher, Postmedia News
"Getting Harder to Ignore Canada's Genocide"
The (really good) hip hop trio A Tribe Called Red announced Friday that it won’t play a free concert to celebrate the opening of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg on Saturday night because the museum won’t acknowledge that aboriginals were the victims of genocide. “Until this is rectified, we’ll support the museum from a distance,” said the band.
It's getting harder to ignore Canada's genocide/10219357/story.html
See,Saturday, September 06, 2014
United Nations World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, 22-23 September 2014, New York
The UN has organized a World Conference on Indigenous Peoples to be held at UN Headquarters in New York City on 22-23 September of this year. Official details can be found at the above link.
A different perspective on the WCIP is found on the page from the Indigenous Global Coordinating Group site at WCIP2014.org
Various preparatory meetings have resulted in a revised Second Draft Outcome Statement [PDF].
A new site and Blog: Alternautas; http://www.alternautas.net
From the About page:
We believe that there exists a vast and valuable production of relevant and original thinking about such issues in Latin America, or Abya Yala,as its native population used to refer to it. However, it remains largely confined to regional boundaries due to language barriers. Alternautas emerges from a desire to bridge such barriers, by bringing Latin-American intellectual reflections on development to larger, English-speaking, audiences.
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