UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Launches Study on COVID-19 Pandemic on Indigenous Peoples


Indigenous peoples live in all regions of the world and own, occupy or use some 22% of global land area. Numbering at least 370-500 million, indigenous peoples represent the greater part of the world’s cultural diversity, and have created and

COVID-19 yet another challenge for indigenous peoples: Statement by the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) is available at the UN’s web page on COVID-19 and indigenous people at https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/covid-19.html From the statement: The spread of COVID
2019 Conference Agenda and Program 2019 Conference Video – Panels 1 through 5 IMPLEMENTING THE UN DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN THE UNITED STATESMARCH 15-16, 2019 Panel 1 Current Challenges in Federal Indian Law & the Promise