Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Sixth Session

3^rd & 4^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Indigenous Rights to land resources basis for collective survival,

inextricably linked to self-determination, forum told

 

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Sixth Session

1^st & 2^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DISTINCT CULTURES ERODE WITHOUT RESPECT FOR RIGHTS

OVER LANDS, TERRITORIES, NATURAL RESOURCES, FORUM TOLD

 

Background Release

UNITED NATIONS INDIGENOUS FORUM’S SIXTH SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS 14-25 MAY;

RIGHTS TO LANDS, TERRITORIES, NATURAL RESOURCES FOCUS

 

Human Rights Committee

Eighty-ninth Session

2452^nd Meeting* (AM)

CONVENTION ON RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

 

TO BE OPENED FOR SIGNATURE ON 30 MARCH

 

Human Rights Committee

Eighty-ninth Session

2450^th Meeting* (AM)

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE HEARS UPDATE ON CASES INVOLVING OPTIONAL PROTOCOL

CONCERNING COMMUNICATIONS FROM INDIVIDUALS

 

Need for Media Strategy to Highlight Committees’ Work Also Discussed

Human Rights Committee

Eighty-ninth Session

2440^th Meeting (AM)

Human Rights Committee

Eighty-ninth Session

2438^th & 2439^th Meetings* (AM & PM)

DEATH PENALTY, CORPORAL PUNISHMENT, POLICE BRUTALITY AMONG CHIEF CONCERNS RAISED

BY HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE AS IT EXAMINES REPORT OF BARBADOS

 

Human Rights Committee

Eighty-ninth Session

2434^th Meeting* (AM)

Human Rights Committee

Eighty-ninth Session

2432^nd Meeting (AM)

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT CONCERNING

RIGHT TO FAIR TRIAL, EQUAL TREATMENT BEFORE COURTS