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UN General Assembly 58th Session, Actions on Indigenous Peoples

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UNGA 3rd Committee Draft resolution on the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, October 23, 2003 (PDF)

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UN Press Release "RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION TO TERRITORIAL, POLITICAL INTEGRITY OF STATES" ,October 29, 2003 (PDF)

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Tercera Comisisón de la Asamblea General, 24 de octubre de 2003 sobre la Decenio Internacional de las Poblaciones Indígenas del Mundo

Latest IITC E-News

IITC E news July 2008, printable version (1 MB)

Action Alerts /

Acciones Urgentes:

News Release: Canadian Parliament Calls for Implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, April 9, 2008 (PDF 51K)

IITC files urgent action with United Nations for Indigenous Peoples of Maluku, June 6th 2008 and post in Urgent/Urgente and in UN Human Rights 2008 (PDF 79K)

The Ngäbe Indigenous peoples of Panama request urgent international support, March 31st 2008

Solicitud de ayuda internacional del pueblo Ngobe de charco la pava Urgente, 31 marzo, 2008

IITC Urgent Action Communication to the United Nations Human Rights System: Raids and arrests against Maori by the New Zealand government, October 17th, 2007 (PDF 48K)

March 7th, 2008: United Nations Body Expresses Concerns about Racism in the United States, Calls for the US to apply the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (PDF)

 

Important Updates

Noticias al Dia:

New: IITC Human Rights Handout on the Right to Free Prior and Informed Consent (PDF 115K)

New: Updated IITC fact sheet: Pesticides, Tribal Health and Human Rights, North and South (PDF 111K)

Nuevo: Hoja informativa actualizada de CITI: “LOS PLAGUICIDAS, LA SALUD DE LAS TRIBUS Y LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS EN EL NORTE Y EL SUR” (PDF 111K)

Manifesto of the Long Walk 2, July 8th 2008 (PDF 301K

Resolutions from the Long Walk 2, July 8th 2008 (PDF 358K)

IITC Human Rights Training and Capacity Building Program, 2008

34th Annual Treaty Conference, Chimaltenango Guatemala June 19 – 22, 2008, Conference Resolutions/Resoluciones de la Conferencia

Nibutani Declaration of Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Peoples Summit in Ainu Mosir (July 1-4), Hokkaido Japan, addressing the G-8 Summit (PDF 180K)

Conferencia de CITI de 2008 en Guatemala, nueva informacion para participantes

IITC 2008 Conference in Guatemala, new information for participants

UNPFII 7th Session, April 21st - May 2nd 2008, Interventions and Statements

Human Rights Council, 8th session, 2 – 18 June

2008 International Indian Treaty Conference, Guatemala

SYMPOSIUM ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UN DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES” Monday April 21st, 2008, during UNPFII7 (PDF 555K)

Opening Statement of the Indigenous Caucus, 11th Meeting of Negotiations in the Quest for Points of Consensus, Organization of American States April 14th, 2008

Declaración de Apertura del Conclave de los Pueblos Indígenas XI Reunión de Negociaciones para la Búsqueda de Puntos de Consensos Organización de los Estados Americanos 14 de abril de 2008

Indigenous Peoples' Caucus, UN Permanent Forum on April 19th & 20th , 2008 (PDF 90K)

Web link for Longest Walk 2

IITC Human Rights Forum” may 9th 2008, Southern Illinois University (PDF 244K)

NEW! IITC Power point: “Indigenous Peoples’ Advocacy for a Rights and Culturally-based Approach to Food Security”, April 3, 2008 (9.4 MB PowerPoint Presentation)

Treaty Conferences/2008 Guatemala, “Provisional Conference Agenda” (PDF 28K)

The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Treaties and the Right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent: The Framework For a New Mechanism for Reparations, Restitution and Redress, submitted by the IITC to the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Seventh Session (UNPFII7) (PDF 80K)

NEW save the dates, 34th Anniversary Treaty Conference, Chimaltenango Guatemala, June 19th – 22nd 2008 (PDF 448K)

Aparte las fechas, Asamblea Anual XXXIV del Consejo Internacional de Tratados Indios junio 19 a 22 de 2008, Chimaltenango, Guatemala (PDF 138K)

Report of the North America Preparatory meeting for UNPFII7, Vancouver Canada, February 22nd and 23rd 2008 (PDF 168K)

Hawaiian Land Rights decision by Hawaiian Supreme Court, Nation of Hawaii calls upon Legislature to "Cease and Desist", February 8, 2008

Indigenous Shadow Report to UN CERD highlights Racism by United States, February 5th 2008

Peoples’ Shadow Report to the CERD on the United States submitted by IITC January 2008 (PDF 400 KB)

New IITC Brochure

33rd annual Alcatraz Sunrise Gathering, November 22nd 2007 (PDF 209K)

FINAL REPORT FROM THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ BORDER SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS II SAN XAVIER DISTRICT TOHONO O’ODHAM NATION NOVEMBER 7-10, 2007

Live Web Casts from the Indigenous Peoples’ Border Summit II, San Xavier, Arizona November 7 – 10, 2007

PUBLIC FORUM, Local Indigenous Environmental and Sacred Sites Issues, Saturday, November 17 U of A College of Law, Tucson AZ

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food to UN Human Rights Council and General Assembly , May 2007 (see page 44 on Indigenous Peoples in California and Alaska, USA) PDF 243K

Alberta Chiefs of Treaty 6, 7 & 8 Express Disappointment Re: Canadian Federal Government "Throne Speech", October 19th 2007 (PDF 50K)

AGROQUIMICOS: LA AMENAZA A NUESTRA SALUD COMUNITARIA Y AL MEDIO AMBIENTE/ Pesticides: The Threat to our Community Health and the Environment, AHOME, SINALOA, Mexico, Octubre 26 - 28 2007, October 26 – 28, 2007 (PSD 52K)

IITC Training Manual for filing “Shadow Reports” for the review of the United States by the UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD), October 17th, 2007 (PDF 578K)

IITC Human Rights Training Novmeber 8th 2007, during the Indigenous Peoples’ Border Rights Summitt II, San Xavier Arizona! (PDF 79K)

UN Declaration for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples adopted by the UN General Assembly September 13th, 2007!

UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as adopted by the UN General Assembly September 13th 2007 (PDF 56k)

Declaracion de las Naciones Unidas sobre los derechos de los Pueblos Indigenas, adoptada por la Asemblea General el 13 de septiembre de 2007 (PDF 60K) 

IITC Statement on the Adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, September 16th 2007 (PDF 200K)

US Statement against the adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, September 13th 2007 (PDF 53K)

CSD 15th session, 2007, April 30 - May 11, 2007

Link for the COMMITTEE FOR THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, Seventieth session, 19 February – 9 March 2007,  Concluding observations re: CANADA/ COMITÉ PARA LA ELIMINACIÓN DE LA DISCRIMINACIÓN RACIAL, Septuagésimo período de sesiones, 19 de febrero – 9 de marzo de 2007,  Observaciones finales sobre CANADA

Appointment of Indigenous UNPFII members (2008-2010) announced, April 20, 2007

Treaty Council News Winter 2007 (PDF 1MB)

IITC Submission to the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights for her study on the Human Right to Water, April 15th, 2007 (PDF 136k)

Pesticides are Poison” booklet now available online

Los Plaguicidas son Venenos” manual ahora disponible en internet

UN Web page, Indigenous Peoples and Treaties, the UN Treaty Study Expert Seminars