Indigenous Peoples
- Mon Jul 23 2007
Native peoples renew call for UN recognition
Leaders of the world's 370 million indigenous peoples are reiterating their calls for the 192-member U.N. General Assembly to recognise their sovereignty over ancestral lands and resources.
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Indigenous Peoples
- Fri Jul 06 2007
African governments 'block' indigenous rights declaration, charge advocates
The governments of Botswana, Kenya, Nigeria and Namibia are leading a campaign by African governments to weaken a key UN Declaration that would protect the rights of indigenous peoples.
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Indigenous Peoples
- Tue May 22 2007
Collective statement by the Asia Indigenous Caucus
Recommendations presented to the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues regarding the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) current "updating" of its safeguard policies. Pdf format.
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Indigenous Peoples
- Fri May 04 2007
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples delayed by the Africa Group
An IPACC (Indigenous Peoples of Africa Co-ordinating Committee) delegation was sent to engage in dialogue with government representatives a week in advance of the 6th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, on May 14-25 May 2007.
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Indigenous Peoples
- Mon Apr 16 2007
U.N. CERD holds Canada responsible for corporations' actions abroad
In a groundbreaking decision, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has told Canada that it must rein in Canadian corporations operating on Indian land in the United States. The finding, issued in early March, was in response to a petition filed by the Western Shoshone Defense Project about the actions of Canadian resource-extraction companies operating on the tribe's land in the western United States.
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Indigenous Peoples
- Thu Mar 15 2007
Chevron faces more scrutiny in Ecuador over pollution
Leaders of indigenous communities in Ecuador are pressing their government to investigate senior executives from U.S. oil giant Chevron for an alleged environmental fraud scheme in the mid-1990s related to a long-running six-billion dollar class action suit in the South American nation.
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Social Development
/Indigenous Peoples
/African Descendants
- Mon Dec 11 2006
Ethnic structure, inequality and governance of the public sector
This project examines the complex ways ethnic cleavages and inequalities affect social cohesion or consensus in the public sector under conditions of democratization.
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Indigenous Peoples
- Tue Sep 26 2006
Paradigm wars: indigenous peoples’ resistance to economic globalization
Special report focused on the myriad ways that economic globalization is impacting indigenous peoples worldwide. July 2005.
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Indigenous Peoples
- Thu Sep 14 2006
Indigenous peoples' resistance to economic globalization
A celebration of victories, rights and cultures, co-organized by Tebbteba foundation, one of ESCR-Net Members. The event will take place in November 18, in New York City. Pdf format.
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Indigenous Peoples
- Thu Aug 10 2006
International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
The 12th commemoration of the International Day of the World's Indigenous People was on Wednesday 9 of August 2006.
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