The UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples Rights, Ms Victoria Tauli Corpuz, addresses the 8th session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) under Agenda item 3: Follow-up to the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, including the review of the mandate of the Expert Mechanism. She said, “After the historic World… Read More »
Human Rights CouncilExpert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous PeoplesEight Session20-24 July 2015 Item 3 of the Provisional Agenda Follow up to the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples (WCIP)including the review of the Mandate of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples STATEMENT OF THE UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS… Read More »
The Special Rapporteur, Ms. Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, will hold individual meetings with representatives of indigenous peoples and organizations during the eighth annual meeting of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Geneva. Representatives of indigenous peoples and organizations may request a meeting with her with regard to matters that fall within her mandate,… Read More »
GENEVA (7 July 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, today urged the Government of Belize to ensure respect for the rights of the country’s Maya people to non-discrimination and traditional property. “Under international human rights standards, indigenous peoples have the right to use, develop and also… Read More »
“Indigenous peoples have been at the forefront of discussions regarding the human rights abuses committed by corporations since the 1970s. For decades, indigenous peoples have been victims of corporate activities in or near their traditional territories, which have depleted and polluted their traditional territories without their consent, putting many peoples at the verge of cultural… Read More »
OPENING REMARKS BY THE UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES,MS. VICTORIA TAULI-CORPUZ First Session of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group in Charge of Elaborating a Legally Binding Instrument on Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises with Respect to Human Rights Geneva, 6 July 2015 Thank you Madame Chairperson Excellences, Distinguished… Read More »
Human Rights CouncilTwenty-ninth session15 June – 3 July 2015 A/HRC/29/50 Communications report of Special Procedures* Communications sent, 1 December 2014 to 28 February 2015;Replies received, 1 February to 30 April 2015