Panel discussion on rights of indigenous peoples…

The panel discussion aims: •    To foster a deeper understanding and assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on indigenous peoples; •    To identify good practices, lessons learned so far, and current challenges in the response to and recovery from COVID-19; •    To focus specifically on indigenous peoples' right to participation in the COVID context, including in developing and implementing COVID-19 measures, the protection of indigenous peoples and their lands and resources during and in the aftermath of the pandemic, and in the provision of vaccines. - SPEAKERS: - Ms. Ilze Brands Kehris, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights (Introduction) - Ms. Megan Davis, Chair of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - Mr. José Francisco Cali Tzay, Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - Ms. Anne Nuorgam, Chair of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues - Guatemala (on behalf of a group of countries), Ms. Carla María Rodriguez Mancia - Sweden (on behalf of a group of countries), Ms. Anna Jardfelt - Mr. Freddy Mamani Machaca, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Plurinational State of Bolivia - European Union, Ms. Iva Gavrilova - Australia (on behalf of a group of countries), Ms. Sally Mansfield - Brazil, Mr. Tovar da Silva Nunes - Ukraine, Ms. Yevheniia Filipenko - Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Mr. Emilio Segundo Barroeta Guillén - Ecuador, Mr. Alejandro Dávalos Dávalos - Spain, Mr. Anton Leis - Senegal, Mr. Papa Diomaye Loum - Karelian Republican Public Organization "Center for Support of Indigenous Peoples and Civic Diplomacy (Young Karelia - Molodaya Karelia)", Mr. Aleksei Tsykarev - International Lesbian and Gay Association (Joint Statement), Ms. Santa Singh Thangjam - Conselho Indigenista Missionário - CIMI (Joint Statement), Mr. Roberto Antonio Liebgott - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Mr. Dominique Burgeon - United States of America, Ms. Catherine Lee Peters - Russian Federation, Ms. Kristina Sukacheva - Namibia, Mr. Jerry Mika - United Nations Population Fund, Ms. Monica Ferro - China, Mr. Mao Yizong - Indonesia, Mr. Agustinus Anindityo Adi Primasto - Guatemala, Ms. Carla María Rodriguez Mancia - Indian Law Resource Centre, Ms. Tamra Truett Jerue - Sikh Human Rights Group, Mr. Jagjeet Singh Aheer - Istituto Internazionale Maria Ausiliatrice delle Salesiane di Don Bosco (Joint Statement), Ms. Norayma Angel - Ms. Megan Davis, Chair of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Final Remarks) - Mr. José Francisco Cali Tzay, Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - Ms. Anne Nuorgam, Chair of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues