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March 2009 IITC E-News

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Action Alerts /

Acciones Urgentes:

UN Press Release 20 October 2009, "UN housing expert makes first visit to the US" (PDF 24K)

UN Rapporteur on the Human Right to Adequate Housing to visit Pine Ridge Reservation as part of US investigation, IITC press release October 11th 2009 (PDF 173K)

American Indian activist Peltier denied parole

IITC Urgent Action letter to Peruvian government, June 9th 2009 (PDF 90K)

Final “Anchorage Declaration” from the Indigenous Peoples’ Global Summit on Climate Change, April 24th 2009

Sign-on letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada, regarding Canadian policy on Extractive Industries, March 29, 2009 (PDF 23K)

Native Energy Justice Sign-on Letter (PDF 20K)

Environmental Justice in Native America Policy Paper, IEN, HTE, ICOUP and IITC (PDF 163K)

Canada’s Human Rights Record reviewed by the UN Human Rights Council, statement by Canadian Indigenous and support organizations, February 5th 2009

New Brochure: “ Environmental and Energy Justice in Native America” February 3, 2009 (PDF 832K)

COMUNICADO DE LA COMUNIDAD NGOBE, Relator de Naciones Unidas James AnayaVisita Panamá (PDF 168K)

Important Updates

Noticias al Dia:

Submission from the NA Region for the 2nd Decade Mid-Year Review (PDF 101K)

IITC Brochure 10-09 (PDF 132K)

IITC Brochure, En Espanol 10-09 (PDF 132K)

IITC 2009 Annual Conference Resolutions/Resoluciones de la Conferencia Anual de CITI de 2009 en Ustupu Panama

Indigenous Peoples Annual Thanksgiving Sunrise Gathering on Alcatraz Island, November 26th 2009 (PDF 111K)

New IITC Handout: “Food Sovereignty and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (PDF 254K)

Oja informativa actualizada de CITI: “La Soberanía Alimentaria y los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas” (PDF 266K)

UN Human Rights Council/12th session, September 14th – October 2nd 2009

Invitacion, CITI y CADPI Taller de Capacitación sobre Derechos Humanos: “Utilizando el Campo Internacional para defender los derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas”, 28 y 29 de Octubre de 2009, Bilwi, Puerto Cabezas Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte, Nicaragua (153K)

Agenda, CITI y CADPI Taller de Capacitación sobre Derechos Humanos: “Utilizando el Campo Internacional para defender los derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas”, 28 y 29 de Octubre de 2009, Bilwi, Puerto Cabezas Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte, Nicaragua. (PDF 58K)

IITC Human Rights Training, Pit River California, October 9th 2009 2. IITC Human Rights Training, October 9th 2009- Agenda (PDF 57K)

IITC Human Rights Training, Pit River California, October 9th 2009 2. IITC Human Rights Training, October 9th 2009- Flyer (PDF 104K)

Agenda de la Conferencia de CITI, Ustup Kuna Yala Panama, 29 – 31 de agosto, 2009 (PDF 64K)

IITC Conference Agenda, Ustup Kuna Yala Panama, August 29 – 31, 2009 (PDF 63K)

Taller de Capacitación sobre Derechos Humanos: “Utilizando el Campo Internacional para defender los derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas” 29 y 30 de Julio 2009, Morelos Mexico (PDF 107K)

New/Nuevo: Necessary Information for Complaints to Human Rights Bodies/ Información Necesaria para las Comunicaciones a instancias de Derechos Humanos (PDF 71K)

IITC Human Rights Training and Capacity Building Program

New brochure: IITC Human Rights Training Program (PDF 371K)

Nuevo folleto: Programa de Capacitación y Formación sobre Derechos Humanos de CITI (PDF 168K)

City of Berkeley California resolution endorsing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, May 19th 2009 (PDF 436K)

Tribes Applaud Permanent Mount Taylor Traditional Cultural Property Designation” press release June 5, 2009

Stockholm Convention COP 4, Geneva, Switzerland May 4 – 8, 2009- Indigenous Caucus Statement for the High Level Segment

The Manila Declaration of the International Conference on Extractive Industries and Indigenous Peoples, 23-25 March 2009, Philippines (PDF 47K)

Cultural Indicators of Indigenous Peoples' food and agro-ecological systems” submitted as a joint CRP for UNPFII8 by UNFAO and IITC (PDF 181K)

OHCHR Study on climate change and human rights available

Carrie Dann and Manny Pino Honored by IITC for their work to Protect Sacred Sites, March 7th 2009 (PDF 144K)

United Nations Permanent Forum 8th session, May 18th - May 29th , 2009

New: Indigenous Peoples and the Right to Free Prior Informed Consent”, new IITC educational factsheet (PDF 115K)

Nuevo: Los Pueblos Indigenas y el Derecho al Consentamiento Libre, Previa e Informada”, nueva hoja informative de CITI (PDF 111K)

IITC Submission to the OHCHR for Study on Human Rights and Climate Change- December 26th, 2008 (PDF 272K)

Human Rights Day December 10th 2008

New IITC San Francisco Office address

NEW Indigenous Portal for up to the minute news on Indigenous Peoples’ work at the UN and around the world

Human Rights Training Materials

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)

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)

Link for the COMMITTEE FOR THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

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