CONSEJO INTERNACIONAL DE TRATADOS INDIOS
Third World Conference Against Racism, August - September 2001
IITC Report on the Third World Conference Against Racism
WCAR 3RD PRECOM, Ginebra, 30 de Julio - 10 de Agosto de 2001
DECLARACION DE LA JUVENTUD DE LOS PUEBLOS INDIGENAS (Durban-Sud Africa, Agosto-Septiembre, 2001)
DECLARATION OF INDIGENOUS YOUTH (Durban-South Africa, August-September, 2001)
Message from the High Commissioner to NGOs
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE DRAFT DECLARATION AND PROGRAMME OF ACTION prepared by Alberto Saldamando, General Counsel, International Indian Treaty Council
INDIGENOUS YOUTH DECLARATION, Americas WCAR Prepcom, Santiago Chile, December 2000
DECLARACIÓN DE LOS PUEBLOS INDIGENAS DE AMERICA EN SANTIAGO DE CHILE
Americas Regional Preparatory Conference To the World Conference Against Racism Item 2 on the Agenda, Victims of Racial Discrimination
United Nations Preparatory Conference for the World Conference Against Racism 3 - 7 December 2000
World Conference Against Racism Regional Prepcom for the Americas, Santiago Chile, December 3-6, 2000
DECLARATION FROM THE YOUTH CAUCUS OF THE REGIONALWORLD CONFERENCE AGAINST RACISM, XENOPHOBIA, INTOLERANCE AND DISCRIMINATION
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Action Alerts /
Acciones Urgentes:
Joint sign on letter condemning the violence in Peru, June 6th 2009 (PDF 50K)
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
Action alert from the Karuk Tribe in N. California --- please help! April 7, 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)
Now is the the Time to Act, A Green Economy for the 7th Generation (PDF 890K)
IITC Signs on letter to President Obama supporting international Treaty banning Mercury
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)
New Joint Policy paper for Consideration by the Obama Administration on “Energy Justice in Native America” February 3, 2009 (PDF 244K)
The Passing of one of the Greats: James Main Sr. began his journey to the Spirit World on January 29th 2009
New IITC flyer calling for the US and Canada to support an international ban of the toxic pesticide Lindane (PDF 96K)
Urgent call for Protection of Native American Sacred Places, September 25, 2008 (PDF 1.6MB)
Press Release on Urgent Efforts to Protect Native Sacred Places, September 25th 2008 (PDF 940K)
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)
Solicitud de ayuda internacional del pueblo Ngobe de charco la pava Urgente, 31 marzo, 2008
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:
City of Berkeley California resolution endorsing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, May 19th 2009 (PDF 436K)
Registration form and agenda for IITC Human Rights Training June 25 - 26, Chickasaw Nation, Norman Oklahoma (PDF 94K)
Taller de Capacitación sobre Derechos Humanos de CITI, 29-30 de julio, Ocotepec Cuernavaca México /IITC Human Rights Training workshop July 29 - 30, Ocotepec, Cuernavaca México (PDF 88K)
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
IITC Human rights training, Chickasaw Nation River Wind Hotel, Norman Oklahoma, June 25th – 26th 2009 (PDF 118K)
Report of the North America Region Preparatory Meeting for the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Eighth Session (UNPFII8) March 13th and 14th, 2009 Window Rock, Arizona (PDF 244K)
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
Joint intervention on the Right to Food, International Organization of Indigenous Resource Development and the International Indian Treaty Council, UN Human Rights Council Advisory Committee, January 29, 2009
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
IITC Human Rights Training in Xela Guatemala March 26-27, 2009, invitation and agenda /Capacitacion sobre derechos humanos en Xela Guatemala, invitacion y agenda, 26 - 27 de marzo de 2009 (PDF 252K)
Treaty 6 Chiefs pass resolution supporting ban on Lindane January 23rd 2009 (PDF 108K)
Indigenous Peoplesʼ Struggles to Defend Sacred Places: IITC Symposium and Human Rights Training- Saturday, March 7, 2009, San Francisco State University with Carrie Danny, Manny Pino and others (PDF 271K)
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)
Website and registration information now available: Indigenous Peoples Global Summit on Climate Change, April 20 - 24, 2009, Anchorage Alaska (PDF 248K)
IITC Submission to the OHCHR for Study on Human Rights and Climate Change- December 26th, 2008 (PDF 272K)
IITC requests your support at year-end 2008 (PDF 55K)
Human Rights Day December 10th 2008
New IITC San Francisco Office address
UN Human Rights Council Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 1st session October 1 – 3, 2008
NEW Indigenous Portal for up to the minute news on Indigenous Peoples’ work at the UN and around the world
March 7th, 2008: UN CERD Expresses Concerns about Racism in the United States, Calls for the US to apply the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (PDF 29K)
IITC and Joint Indigenous Peoples’ Submissions on Canada and Mexico, September 2008, UPR February 2009
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)
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
UNPFII 7th Session, April 21st - May 2nd 2008, Interventions and Statements
2008 International Indian Treaty Conference, Guatemala, June 2008 19-22
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)
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)
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
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
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
UN Web site for Indigenous Peoples
UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues/ El Foro Permanente para las Cuestiones Indígenas de la ONU
