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Asia Pacific Report
April 19, 2018
Filipino Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, visited Australia recently and made some damning statements about the treatment of indigenous peoples under Dutuerte, said Murphy. “Duterte has put her name under the list of about 400 people who he is allegingÃÂ ...
Sun.Star
April 17, 2018
Earlier, the Department of Justice (DOJ) came out with a list of alleged officers and members of communist groups in the country. The list of over 600 individuals, which includes United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Victoria "Vicky" Tauli-Corpuz, was allegedly part of DOJ'sÃÂ ...
ABS-CBN News
April 9, 2018
Watch also in iWantv or TFC.tv. The United Nations Special Rapporteur for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples believes the government's move to label her as a terrorist is an act of retaliation after she issued a warning on the effects of martial law in Mindanao. - The World Tonight, ANC, April 9, 2018. Share.
Manila Bulletin
March 30, 2018
In December last year, Tauli-Corpuz and another UN special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples and internally displaced people Cecilia Jimenez-Damary, claimed of supposed human rights abuses against indigenous and internally displaced peoples in Mindanao. Their claim against theÃÂ ...
ABS-CBN News
March 29, 2018
MILAN, Italy - A United Nations special rapporteur who was one of more than 600 people that the Philippine government wants to be declared as ... Speaking at the Human Rights Festival held in Milan on March 25, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, U.N. special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples and aÃÂ ...
ReliefWeb
March 28, 2018
In the Philippines, the government is under fire for filing a court petition seeking the declaration of more than 600 people, including activists and a United Nations special rapporteur, as "terrorists". Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, the U.N. special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, has denied this and saidÃÂ ...
Rappler
March 18, 2018
... government tagged UN special rapporteur Victoria Tauli Corpuz and indigenous peoples' rights advocate Joan Carling as "terrorists." Corpuz is UN special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples while Carling is a focal person for the Indigenous Peoples Major Group for Sustainable Development.
Inquirer.net
March 16, 2018
This refers to a news article titled, “Palace: 'Terrorist' tag on UN special rapporteur based on intel” (3/10/18). Victoria Tauli Corpuz, UN special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, is not a terrorist. She is an indigenous peoples human rights activist. The Philippines is recognized all over the worldÃÂ ...
Independent Online
March 16, 2018
Ms. Tauli-Corpuz has a long history of defending indigenous rights, having helped draft the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in 1993, and is currently UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, holding the position since 2014. Ms Carling is co-founder of the CordilleraÃÂ ...
Intercontinental Cry
March 10, 2018
Indigenous leaders and UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Ms. Tauli-Corpuz have been put on a terror list, issued by Philippines State Prosecutor, February 21st. “The Philippine governments regularly and increasingly threatens and harasses indigenous peoples. But this is takingÃÂ ...
malaysiandigest.com
December 31, 1999
LA PAZ -- Bolivian President Evo Morales departed today to New York from Lima, to attend the 17th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues. According to the website of the mechanism, the meeting will take place from tomorrow 16 to the 27th of this month at the UNÃÂ ...
eco-business.com
December 31, 1999
UN special rapporteur for the rights of indigenous peoples Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, in an earlier interview with Eco-Business, pointed out that there are project developers who fail to obtain the free prior and informed consent of the communities before they proceed. “These projects, if not approached from theÃÂ ...
ucanews
December 31, 1999
Among those on the list is Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples at the United Nations. Tauli-Corpuz, a known advocate for the rights of Philippine tribal people, denied the allegation, calling the list "baseless, malicious, and irresponsible." The Department of JusticeÃÂ ...
eco-business.com
December 31, 1999
“The UN Declaration on the rights of Indigenous Peoples is already there. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is there. In the Philippines we have the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act. We have a lot of legal frameworks in place but the problem is enforcement,” she said. Another threat to indigenousÃÂ ...
Nunatsiaq News
August 12, 2017
... Issues, the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and the Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Council On Hemispheric Affairs
August 10, 2017
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, James Anaya, concluded in 2012 that “a significant gap remainsÃÂ ...
indiablooms
August 10, 2017
... Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Mariam Wallet Aboubakrine, Chairperson of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, and theÃÂ ...
UN News Centre
August 10, 2017
... Tauli-Corpuz, Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Mariam Wallet Aboubakrine, Chairperson of the UN Permanent ForumÃÂ ...
Davao Today
August 9, 2017
... even the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples acknowledges that there is still “vast challenges (for the IPs) that remain.
Equal Times
July 27, 2017
... any faith,” notes Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, United Nations special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples. During her last visit to Brazil,ÃÂ ...
CBC.ca
July 25, 2017
Victoria Tauli Corpuz, UN special rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous peoples, will address chiefs on Tuesday. The beleaguered nationalÃÂ ...
APTN News
July 25, 2017
The UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples says it's time for the Justin Trudeau government to regulate CanadianÃÂ ...
Regina Leader-Post
July 24, 2017
Victoria Tauli Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, will also be part of the meetings — the first time a UN expertÃÂ ...
Los Angeles Times
December 31, 1999
... to advance and defend the human rights of indigenous peoples. ... A special rapporteur has also been assigned to monitor the overall humanÃÂ ...
ReliefWeb
March 23, 2017
Freedom Now urged the Council to take special note of a labour and child rights activist currently serving a seven-year sentence in prison in Iran for communicating with the previous United Nations Special Rapporteur. The Council should inquire about ...
National Indigenous Times
March 21, 2017
UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, began a two-week national inquiry in Perth this week, as stormy debate broke out in Canberra over the Turnbull government's move on controversial section 18C of the ...
The Hindu
March 20, 2017
"The special rapporteur's visit comes at a time we're hearing harrowing allegations from young people brutalised by the youth justice systems," Tammy Solonec, Indigenous Rights Manager of Amnesty International Australia, said in a statement on Tuesday.
The Independent
March 18, 2017
KLP's decision to sell its shares also come after the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples concluded earlier this month that the approval of the Dakota access pipeline was granted "without an adequate social, cultural or ...
IPE.com
March 17, 2017
... parliament had written to KLP over its continued investment in the pipeline companies, and she had also emailed the pension fund to bring to its attention a relevant statement of 3 March from the UN special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous ...
NPR
March 17, 2017
A Norwegian fund that manages government employees' pensions has decided to remove its investments from the companies behind the Dakota Access Pipeline, a move that was reportedly inspired by pressure from Norway's indigenous Sami peoples.
JURIST
March 15, 2017
The UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples [official website], Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, on Friday called [JURIST report] for the US to adopt a consistent approach to indigenous land rights in pipeline projects.
teleSUR English
March 15, 2017
In announcing the decision KLP said it placed significant weight on the March 3 report by the U.N. special rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous peoples which concluded that the project violated the U.N. declaration on the rights of Indigenous people ...
IPE.com
March 14, 2017
Norwegian municipal pension fund KLP is to dump more than half a billion kroner of investments in companies behind the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline after a UN envoy criticised handling of the project.
Navajo-Hopi Observer
March 14, 2017
Navajo Nation Council members welcomed United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, to the Navajo Nation to engage in interactive dialogue with Navajo leaders and citizens regarding the potential effectsÃÂ ...
Sputnik International
March 4, 2017
John H. Knox, professor of international law with Wake Forest University, and UN Special Rapporteur, is set to formally present a report to the United Nations Humans Rights Council on March 7. Ahead of that, he has spoken at length about how "The rapid ...
YubaNet
March 4, 2017
The appeal was made by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, at the end of a mission to the US to assess the impact of energy development projects.
Asia Pacific Report
March 1, 2017
... UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression; the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous ...
KFYR-TV
February 28, 2017
NEW TOWN, N.D. - Members of the Three Affiliated Tribes met with a human rights representative with the United Nations Tuesday. The Honorable Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, who is what's known as a Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,ÃÂ ...
Green Left Weekly
February 26, 2017
In 2015, the United Nations special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples warned of rampant violence against Tolupan organisers, including assassinations, as well as state impunity for the perpetrators of these crimes.
The Hindu
February 26, 2017
A recent report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples recognises three main reasons for the serious impact that foreign investments have on the rights of indigenous people: failure to adequately address human rights issues ofÃÂ ...
Intellectual Property Watch
February 24, 2017
He also served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples from 2008 to 2014. The review provides comments on the three draft treaty texts of the IGC through a human rights lens, and the UN Declaration on the Rights ofÃÂ ...
Farmington Daily Times
February 24, 2017
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Victoria Tauli-Corpuz takes notes while listening to comments about the effects of energy development on the Navajo Nation at the Navajo Division of Transportation building on Friday ...
Bismarck Tribune
February 21, 2017
The United Nations special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples is scheduled to meet with local indigenous communities at United Tribes Technical College on March 1. Victoria Tauli-Corpuz is visiting the United States from Feb. 21 to March 3 ...
The Guardian
February 20, 2017
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, a Kankanaey Igorot woman from the Philippines and now the UN's Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, says Francis's comments illustrate his "understanding of the importance" of implementing the UN Declaration.
Prensa Latina
February 10, 2017
In addition to the opening remarks by the president of that body, Kanayo F. Nwanze, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples will participate in the meeting. Elifuraha Laltaika, a member of the United NationsÃÂ ...
Prensa Latina
February 10, 2017
10 de febrero de 2017, 16:38Rome, 10 Feb (Prensa Latina) UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, called for more effective support to these communities, today at the Global Forum of Indigenous Peoples.
Thomson Reuters Foundation
February 9, 2017
The U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples called on Tanzania's government in 2010 to stop evicting pastoralists without informed consent.
UNM School of Law News
February 6, 2017
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz United Nations Special Rapporteur, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, will hold a consultation on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples at the UNM School of Law on February 25, 2017. The United Nations Special Rapporteur, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz,ÃÂ ...
Morung Express
January 28, 2017
"The UN Declaration is a declaration that contains the collective nature of the rights of indigenous peoples. (It) is meant to bring about remedies to kinds of historical and current injustices that indigenous people suffer," said UN Special Rapporteur ...
AllAfrica.com
January 28, 2017
The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, adopted in 2007, is the first of its kind to recognise and highlight the importance of indigenous rights.