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Indigenous Peoples Caucus
Commission on Human Rights
Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
Working Group on Indigenous Populations, 19th Session
21-27 July 2001
The Honourable Mrs. Mary Robinson
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights
Palais des Nations
CH-1211 Geneve 10
26 July 2001
Dear Mrs. Robinson,
The Indigenous Caucus assembled at the 19th Session of the Working
Group on Indigenous Populations of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion
and Protection of Human Rights expresses its gratitude for your
efforts to ensure human rights not only worldwide, but in particular
for Indigenous Peoples.
As you are aware, the Indigenous Peoples Caucus is gathered to discuss
development; however, issues of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous
Issues have continued to surface and predominate in all discussions.
Therefore, this letter is to inform you that the issues of the
Permanent Forum and Working Group on Indigenous Populations have
become the center of discussion. We have come to rely on the
transparency and open dialogue with the Working Group. We
respectfully request that the process of implementing the resolution
creating the Permanent Forum, especially processes of selecting the
Indigenous and state experts and the establishment of the secretariat,
be carried out with the maximum possible transparency and consultation
with Indigenous Peoples. It has become increasingly apparent in our
discussions that the open dialogue afforded by the Working Group is
necessary for the discussion of our issues. Additionally, the
Indigenous Caucus firmly believes that we need the Working Group on
Indigenous Populations to continue after the establishment of the
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. We would appreciate your
perspective on these matters.
Please find attached for your reference our evolving resolutions
issued by the Indigenous Peoples Caucuses assembled at the Working
Group on the Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in
Geneva, 26 November 2000; at the Indigenous Peoples Millennium
Conference in Panama City, 7-11 May 2001; and in New York City, 16-18
May 2001.
Respectfully,
Tomas Alarcon
Co-Chair, Indigenous Peoples Caucus
Frank E. Guivarra
Co-Chair, Indigenous Peoples Caucus
c.c. Mr. Kofi Annan, U.N. Secretary General |
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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,
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Mechanism for Reparations, Restitution and Redress,
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80K)
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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)
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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
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General Assembly , May 2007 (see page 44 on
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PDF 243K
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2007, October 26 – 28, 2007 (PSD 52K)
IITC Training Manual for filing “Shadow Reports” for
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UN Declaration for the Rights of
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Assembly September 13th, 2007!
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Assembly September 13th 2007 (PDF 56k)
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de 2007 (PDF 60K)
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Adoption of the Declaration
on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples, September 16th 2007
(PDF 200K)
US
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the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, September 13th
2007 (PDF 53K)
CSD 15th session, 2007, April 30 - May 11, 2007
Link for the
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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
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1MB)
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Commissioner on Human Rights for her study on the
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available online
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ahora disponible en internet
UN Web page, Indigenous Peoples and
Treaties, the UN Treaty Study Expert Seminars
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