the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was adpoted.
16 Years of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
View this email in your browser ([link removed])
[link removed] Share ([link removed])
[link removed] https%3A%2F%2Fmailchi.mp%2Fculturalsurvival.org%2Fundrip16 Tweet ([link removed] https%3A%2F%2Fmailchi.mp%2Fculturalsurvival.org%2Fundrip16)
[link removed] Forward ([link removed])
Support Our Work ([link removed])
**
Advancing Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Cultures Worldwide, since 1972
------------------------------------------------------------
[link removed]
En español ([link removed])
** Celebrating 16 Years of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
------------------------------------------------------------
Today marks sixteen years since the United Nations General Assembly adopted the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). ([link removed])
In a historic vote on September 13, 2007, 144 countries voted for the Declaration, 11 abstained, and only four (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States) voted against it. Since 2007, all four countries, including the United States, have reversed their positions and now officially endorse the Declaration.
The Declaration is the outcome of 25 years of hard negotiations. The rights spelled out in the document "constitute the minimum standards for the survival, dignity, and well-being of the Indigenous Peoples of the world." The Declaration protects the collective rights and individual rights of Indigenous Peoples in relation to self-government, land, education, employment, health, and other areas.
The Declaration also requires countries to consult with Indigenous Peoples with the goal of obtaining their consent on matters that concern them. As explained by former UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, James Anaya, the right of self-determination is "to be full and equal participants in the creation of the institutions of government under which they live and, further, to live within a governing institutional order in which they are perpetually in control of their own destinies."
While several countries have made steps towards aligning their policies with the standards enshrined in the Declaration, an implementation gap remains.
** Ensure that UNDRIP is included in the European Union's Critical Raw Materials Act.
------------------------------------------------------------
[link removed]
On Thursday, September 14, 2023, there will be a vote in the European Union to adopt the Critical Raw Materials Act! Your voice is needed now!
We call on the European Union to include Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) in its Critical Raw Materials Act and to comply with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and ILO Convention 169 concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples. Ensure Indigenous Peoples' rights are safeguarded in this new legislation.
Take Action ([link removed])
** Cultural Survival has put together this interactive timeline ([link removed]) to display the history of the Declaration and progress towards its implementation since 2007.
------------------------------------------------------------
[link removed]
** Read "16th Anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Seeding the Generational Legacy of the International Indigenous Rights Movement, ([link removed]) " by Wakinyan LaPointe (Sicangu Lakota).
------------------------------------------------------------
[link removed]
...This international Indigenous rights movement was not solely a political movement, it was a spiritual and cultural movement that ultimately disrupted the global status quo and colonial norms of States that had for too long ignored the existence of Indigenous Peoples.... Read more. ([link removed])
** Read our anniversary issue of the Cultural Survival Quarterly on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
------------------------------------------------------------
[link removed]
[link removed]
[link removed]
** A Modern Declaration Woven into an Ancient Art ([link removed])
------------------------------------------------------------
Hartman Deetz (Mashpee Wampanoag) and human rights lawyer Michelle Cook (Diné), founder of Divest Invest Protect, speak about the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples wampum belt.
** Listen to our Indigenous Rights Radio podcasts on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
------------------------------------------------------------
[link removed]
** A Modern Declaration Weaved Into An Ancient Custom - The UNDRIP Wampum Belt
------------------------------------------------------------
In this podcast ([link removed]) , we share with you the incredible work of Hartman Deetz (Mashpee Wampanoag) and human rights lawyer Michelle Cook (Diné), founder of Divest Invest Protect (DIP), on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples wampum belt. Indigenous artist and advocate Hartman Deetz looks to his ancestors, to his past, to wampum-- the ancient tool of art, law, ritual, and diplomacy to find guidance and ways forward for his people. The UNDRIP wampum belt is a means of teaching Indigenous human rights using and centering Indigenous Peoples' technology and pedagogical legal practices with wampum as both the medium and the message of accountability, healing, and change.
[link removed]
** Les Malezer on Commemorating UNDRIP
------------------------------------------------------------
Listen ([link removed]) to Les Malezer (Gubbi Gubbi), former Expert member on the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, on commemorating the Declaration. Malezer with the Global Indigenous Peoples Caucus worked to advance the Declaration through the final stages to the UN General Assembly in 2007.
**
------------------------------------------------------------
Escucha nuestros programas de radio ([link removed]) sobre la Declaración de la ONU sobre los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas en español.
[link removed]
Escuche y descargue los 46 articulos de la Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Derechos de los Pueblos Indigenas, junto con una explicación simple de que significa para usted y su comunidad.
Learn about the Articles of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
[link removed]
Listen to our radio series ([link removed]) breaking down each of the 46 articles of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Articles of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Kakchiqel
[link removed]
Read the UN Declaration in Indigenous Languages
Aymara ([link removed]) - provided by COINCABOL
Guarani ([link removed]) - provided by the UNDP, Paraguay
Maori ([link removed]) (spoken in New Zealand)
Mapuche ([link removed]) - provided by UNIC, Argentina
Miskito ([link removed]) (spoken in Nicaragua and Honduras)
Mohawk ([link removed]) (spoken in North America)
Sami (North) ([link removed]) - provided by Finnish Sámi Parliament
...and in more languages here. ([link removed])
DONATE ([link removed])
** Join Us!
------------------------------------------------------------
[link removed]
============================================================
** Facebook ([link removed])
** Twitter ([link removed])
** Instagram ([link removed])
** Website ([link removed])
** Cultural Survival ([link removed])
2067 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02140
(617) 441-5400
** www.cs.org ([link removed])
Cultural Survival advocates for Indigenous Peoples' rights and supports Indigenous communities’ self-determination, cultures and political resilience since 1972. We envision a future that respects and honors Indigenous Peoples' inherent rights and dynamic cultures, deeply and richly interwoven in lands, languages, spiritual traditions, and artistic expression, rooted in self-determination and self-governance.
Want to change how you receive these emails?
You can ** Unsubscribe from this list ([link removed])
or ** Update your preferences ([link removed])
Want to stop receiving anything from us? ** Unsubscribe from ALL of Cultural Survival's lists. ([link removed])
