Panel discussion on the rights of Indigenous Peoples - 26th Meeting, 54th Regular Session of Human Rights Council

Annual half-day panel discussion on the rights of Indigenous Peoples - Theme: The impact of certain development projects on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, in particular the impact on Indigenous women

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The panel discussion aims:

To examine the impact of development projects on the human rights of Indigenous Peoples, un particular Indigenous women, focusing on issues related to land rights, access to natural resources, cultural preservation, and socio-economic opportunities;

To facilitate the sharing of experiences and initiatives undertaken by Indigenous women to address existing or potential impacts of development projects;

To identify best practices and lessons learned from development projects that have integrated a human rights-based approach, respecting the rights of Indigenous Peoples;

To discuss the measures that States, the private sector, financial institutions and Indigenous Peoples can adopt to prevent and address the impacts of development projects on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, in particular their impact on Indigenous women, and explore how the United Nations, in particular the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), can provide support in implementing these measures.

Chair:

H.E. Mr. Marc Bichler, Vice-President of the Human Rights Council

Opening statement:

Ms. Ilze Brands Kehris, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights

Panellists:

Ms. Sheryl Lightfoot, Chair of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Ms. Anabela Carlón Flores, Lawyer for the Yaqui People, Mexico
Mr. José Francisco Calí Tzay, Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples
Ms. Adriana Quiñones, Head of Human Rights and Development at the UN Women Geneva Office

SPEAKERS:

Brazil, Mr. Eloy Terena
Spain, Ms. Pilar Cancela Rodriguez
Finland (on behalf of a group of countries), Ms. Anu Konttinen
European Union, Mr. Thomas Wagner
Ecuador, Ms. Marcia Rochina
Mexico, Ms. Francisca Méndez Escobar
Ukraine, Ms. Kononenko Yevheniia
Guatemala, Ms. Ángela Maria Chávez Bietti
United Nations Development Programme, Ms. Agi Veres
Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Ms. Maira Mariela Macdonal Alvarez
International Development Law Organization, Ms. Silvia Dodero
Armenia, Ms. Lilit Toutkhalian
International Indian Treaty Council, Ms. Andrea Carmen
Franciscans International (Joint Statement), Ms. Leiria Vay
International Volunteerism Organization for Women, Education and Development – VIDES (Joint Statement), Ms. Giulia Gedda
Russian Federation, Ms. Olga Opatinenko
United Republic of Tanzania
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Mr. Emilio Barroeta
Iran (Islamic Republic of), Ms. Zakieh Taghi Zadeh Pirposhteh
Vanuatu, Mr. Emmanuel Blessing
Malaysia, Ms. Rina Hanis Rodzli
Cuba, Mr. Roberto Soto
Indonesia, Ms. Ainan Nuran
Costa Rica, Ms. Melissa Lorincz
China
South Africa
Grupo intercultural ALMACIGA, Ms. Cristina Coc
Consultoría para los Derechos Humanos y el Desplazamiento, Ms. Ginny Katherine Alba Medina
Edmund Rice International Limited, Mr. Alopi Latukefu
Women's Spirit (Ruach Nashit) – Financial Independence for Women Survivors of Violence, Ms. Miller Vered
Ms. Sheryl Lightfoot, Chair of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Final Remarks)
Ms. Anabela Carlón Flores, Lawyer for the Yaqui People, Mexico
Mr. José Francisco Calí Tzay, Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples
Ms. Adriana Quiñones, Head of Human Rights and Development at the UN Women Geneva Office

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