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Indian Law Resource Center delivers statement at UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.  CLICK HERE FOR MORE

, 05/15/2012 - 1:44pm

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights says U.S. violated its obligations under international human rights laws.

, 08/18/2011 - 5:00pm

OAS update

Indigenous leaders from 25 countries met in Washington D.C. in January 2011 seeking consensus on a proposed legal framework to protect economic, cultural and political rights of indigenous peoples of the Americas.

, 03/04/2011 - 4:57pm
  • Fighting to Protect Alaska’s Rivers
  • Update on the American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
  • A sorry saga

By: Indian Law Resource Center
, 01/19/2010 - 6:09pm

Opening Statement of the Indigenous Peoples Caucus at the XII Meeting of Negotiations in the Quest for Points of Consensus of the Working Group to Prepare the Draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

By: Organization of American States
, 11/30/2009 - 11:47am

Indigenous leaders and government officials from 29 countries meet on a proposed legal framework for protecting economic, cultural and political rights.

By: Indian Law Resource Center
, 11/30/2009 - 10:40am

The OAS held a special session on November 11th to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

By: Indian Law Resource Center
, 11/11/2009 - 3:47pm
  • Reactions to the November 5th White House Tribal Nations Conference
  • Inter-American Commission on Human Rights hears about human rights abuses stemming from IIRSA
  • Oil and gas development threatens environment at Fort Belknap 
  • Dates set for further negotiations on the Draft American Declaration
  • Now online: Using international advocacy to help end violence against Native Women 
  • Fellowship, Intern and Staff News

By: Indian Law Resource Center
, 10/30/2009 - 10:10am

Washington D. C., September 11, 2009

Dear representatives of the indigenous peoples of the Americas,

The Department of International Law of the Secretariat for Legal Affairs of the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States is pleased to inform you that the distinguished Permanent Representative of Bolivia to the OAS, Ambassador José E. Pinelo, has been elected as Chair of the Working Group to Prepare the Draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

By: Organization of American States
, 09/18/2009 - 8:49am
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