
The Implementation Project at EMRIP: Supporting Indigenous Peoples’ Calls for the U.S. and World Community to Protect Tribal Treaty Rights, Support Language Revitalization, and Enhance Indigenous Peoples’ Participation at the United Nations
By Emiliano Salazar, University of Colorado American Indian Law Program Fellow July 27, 2023 The 16th Session of the Expert ...
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Join us Wednesday, July 19, at EMRIP for our Side Event “Sacred Sites and Human Rights”
The Implementation Project is heading to Geneva, Switzerland, for the annual session of the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the ...
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UN Permanent Forum Side Event for “Advancing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples”
On Monday, April 24th The Implementation Project held our UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Side Event titled “Advancing the UN Declaration on ...
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The Implementation Project’s Annual Preparation Event in Advance of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
On April 11th, The Implementation Project hosted our annual preparation event focused on preparing for the UN Permanent Forum on ...
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UN Permanent Forum 2023 Registration – March 13th and April 4th Deadline
Registration for this year’s session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is now open! Registration deadlines are March 13, 2023 for tribes ...
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UN Permanent Forum First Time Attendees – March 13 Deadline
Tribal Leaders, Lawyers, Professors, and Colleagues, Are you or your organization planning to attend this year’s session of the UN Permanent ...
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Preparing for Upcoming Indigenous Knowledge Consultations
In fall of 2022, as an adjunct event to the National Congress of American Indians 79th Annual Convention, The Implementation ...
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New to the Team: Mason Estes
Mason Estes has joined the NARF team as a Project Coordinator for The Implementation Project, a joint initiative of the ...
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Panel on Protecting Indigenous Knowledge and Cultural Expressions
Tribal leaders, cultural knowledge holders, and tribal government staff are invited to attend a free event in Sacramento, CA on ...
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Building the Next Generation of Indigenous Rights Advocates
Event Details: Indigenous Youth and Human RightsRegister: https://forms.gle/xkFGgUZajePFYysD7 When: Weds, October 12, 2022, 6-8PM Where: Wolf Law Building, Room 206 ...
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Pawnee Nation Passes Landmark “Pawnee Nation Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act”
On May 12, 2022, the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma took an historic step in the movement toward achieving implementation of ...
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How Native Hawai’i Can Implement the UN Declaration
Next week, The Implementation Project (TIP) in partnership with the Walter H. Capps Center for the Study of Ethics, Religion, ...
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At the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Supporting Tribal Leaders on FPIC, Language Rights, Repatriation, and Accountability for Human Rights Violations During Boarding School Era May 2, ...
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Webinars on the United Nations
The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues held its Twenty-First Session (UNPFII21), from April 25 through May 6, 2022, ...
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Project-Affiliated Position Announcement
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER LAW SCHOOL: AMERICAN INDIAN LAW PROGRAMFELLOWSHIP IN AMERICAN INDIAN LAW POSITION INFORMATION:The American Indian Law Program ...
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Intertribal Resolutions Call for the United States to Take Action
Two of the nation’s most prominent intertribal organizations – the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) and the Inter-Tribal Council ...
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Tribal Governments Lead the Way on the International Decade of Indigenous Languages
Cherokee Nation holds the World’s First Event and Promotes Intertribal Resolution By Ariel Barbieri-Aghib, Law Student, University of Colorado Tribal ...
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Oklahoma Workshops Support Tribal Implementation of UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
In Fall 2021, the Implementation Project partnered with the Pawnee Nation and the Cherokee Nation to offer workshops about the ...
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Inter-Tribal Workshop: Implementing UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Dear Tribal Leader, On November 10, 2021 the Pawnee Nation will host an InterTribal workshop on the United Nations Declaration ...
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Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change: Preparing for COP26
On October 20, 2021, the American Indian Law Program at Colorado Law hosted a webinar panel on Indigenous Peoples and ...
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Lawyering the Indian Child Welfare Act: Colorado Law American Indian Law Program Hosts ICWA Experts, Talk About Brackeen Case
Please join the American Indian Law Program and guest speakers Matthew Fletcher and Wenona Singel for a talk on the Indian Child Welfare Act, ...
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Tribal Implementation Toolkit Available April 12
Join Us for the Launch Event!United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples:Tribal Implementation Toolkit Monday, April 12, 2021 ...
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United Nations Expert Mechanism on Rights of Indigenous Peoples Report: Free, prior and informed consent: a human-rights based approach
In August 2018, the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ("EMRIP") presented a study on free, prior and ...
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Joint Project of Colorado Law and Native American Rights Fund Earns Support of National Congress of American Indians to Help Promote the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Fawn Sharp, President, National Congress of American Indians. Photo Credit: National Congress of American Indians The National Congress of American ...
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Webinar Series Addresses Indigenous Rights Through Intellectual Property Lens
Informational flyer circulated to promote the webinar series. The University of Colorado Law School, the Native American Rights Fund, and ...
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Virtual Lecture Opportunity – The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: A Vehicle of Reform in the United States
Dean S. James Anaya of the University of Colorado Law School will lead a virtual lecture on the United Nations ...
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2020 World Indigenous Peoples Day Interview with Walter Echo-Hawk
Walter Echo-Hawk and NARF Summer Law Clerk, Taylor Schad Since 1995, the United Nations has designated August 9th as the ...
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Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's Statement on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ...
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Policing and Human Rights – Native American Rights Fund and University of Colorado Law School Project Condemn Killings and Call for Law Reform to Address Police Brutality and Racism
June 3, 2020 In response to recent incidents of police brutality and racism in the United States, the Project to ...
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Panel Highlights Pandemia and Indigenous Communities: the meaning of COVID-19 for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Abya Yala
On May 27, 2020, the Promise Institute for Human Rights brought together experts for a virtual panel discussing the meaning ...
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The University of Colorado Scott Lecture 2015: Indigenous Peoples and Jurisgenerative Moment in Human Rights, Professor Kristen A. Carpenter
As indigenous peoples have become actively engaged in the human rights movement around the world, the relationship between indigenous peoples ...
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Traditional Jurisprudence and Protection of Our Society: A Jurisgenerative Tail
Traditional jurisprudence must be a foundation of the current international indigenous rights efforts regarding sacred sites and artifacts, religious practices, ...
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EMRIP Study on Indigenous Languages
This study outlines international and regional standards on indigenous peoples’ rights to language and culture, describes the relationship between indigenous ...
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Tribal Technology Assessment: The State of Internet Service on Tribal Lands
Access to high-speed Internet service has become an essential component to the nation’s economy, education, and healthcare. However, federal data ...
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The Politics of Inclusion: Indigenous Peoples and U.S. Citizenship
This Article explores the dynamics of U.S. citizenship and indigenous self-determination to see whether, and how, the two concepts are ...
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Defend the Sacred
From North Dakota’s Standing Rock encampments to Arizona’s San Francisco Peaks, Native Americans have repeatedly asserted legal rights to religious ...
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UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Launches Study on COVID-19 Pandemic on Indigenous Peoples
UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Launches Study on COVID-19 Pandemic on Indigenous Peoples ...
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Larrakia Declaration on the Development of Indigenous Tourism
Indigenous-led Development in Action One model of self-determined economic development is the Larrakia Declaration on the Development of Indigenous Tourism ...
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Implementation Conference Report Available at the CU Law Review
The Conference Report from the Project’s March 2019 gathering, is now available in the CU Law Review in February 2020 ...
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UNESCO – Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous peoples live in all regions of the world and own, occupy or use some 22% of global land area ...
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UN EXPERT MECHANISM ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RELEASES STATEMENT ON COVID-19
COVID-19 yet another challenge for indigenous peoples: Statement by the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) is ...
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Indigenous Peoples and the Jurisgenerative Moment in Human Rights
Indigenous Peoples and the Jurisgenerative Moment in Human RightsDownload ...
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2019 Conference on Implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the United States
2019 Conference Agenda and Program 2019 Conference Video - Panels 1 through 5 IMPLEMENTING THE UN DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS ...
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UBC Hosts Seminar on Implementing the Right to Repatriation under the Declaration
The United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP), held a meeting at the First Nations House ...
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Pit River Tribe Implementation of the UN Declaration
https://un-declaration.narf.org/wp-content/uploads/pit-river-resolution-undrip.pdf A TRIBAL RESOLUTION OF THE PIT RIVER TRIBE OF CALIFORNIA AFFIRMING THE UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF ...
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Handbook for ILO Tripartite Consituents: Understanding the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169)
https://un-declaration.narf.org/wp-content/uploads/2013-ilo-handbook.pdf From the 2013 handbook: This handbook aims to answer some of the essential questions of [International Labour Organization] ILO ...
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ILO Convention on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples: A Manual
From the manual: https://un-declaration.narf.org/wp-content/uploads/1989-ilo-convention.pdf This is an easy-to-use manual to ILO Convention No. 169. It helps to understand the Convention, ...
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Guidelines on Free, Prior and Informed Consent (UN-REDD)
From the guidelines: https://un-declaration.narf.org/wp-content/uploads/2013unredd-fpic-guidelines.pdf The UN-REDD Programme is the United Nations collaborative initiative on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest ...
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Manual for Project Managers: Free Prior and Informed Consent (Food and Agricultural Organization, UN)
From the manual: "This Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) Manual is designed as a tool for project practitioners (herein ...
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A Manual for National Human Rights Institutions
https://un-declaration.narf.org/wp-content/uploads/2013human-rights-manual.pdf From the Manual: This Manual aims to support and strengthen the work of national human rights institutions (NHRIs) – ...
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A Business Reference Guide
https://un-declaration.narf.org/wp-content/uploads/2013-business-guide.pdf From the Guide: The objective of this guide (the “Guide”) is to help business understand, respect, and support the ...
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Training Module for Government Agencies. Facilitator’s Handbook
From the Training Module: https://un-declaration.narf.org/wp-content/uploads/2013-training-gov.pdf ... the Training Module seeks to achieve two major immediate objectives: To provide relevant policy ...
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Implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Handbook for Parliamentarians N° 23
https://un-declaration.narf.org/wp-content/uploads/2014-handbook-parliamentarians.pdf From the Handbook: Parliaments play a central role in enacting legislation that recognizes indigenous peoples’ rights and adopting budgetary ...
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Muscogee (Creek) Nation Translation & Adoption of the Declaration
Translation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples into Mvskoke: https://creekdistrictcourt.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Mvskoke-DRIP-031619.pdf Tribal resolution adopting the Declaration ...
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Handbook for Participants (UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues)
From the handbook: https://un-declaration.narf.org/wp-content/uploads/2007unpfii_guide_participants.pdf The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is a culmination of decades of work ...
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Guidance Note, UN Development Programme Social and Environmental Standards for Standard 6: Indigenous Peoples
https://un-declaration.narf.org/wp-content/uploads/undp-guidance-note.pdf From the report: United Nation Development Programme’s (UNDP) work with indigenous peoples is grounded on its overall vision to ...
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Training Module on Indigenous Peoples Issues: Facilitator’s Handbook (UN)
https://un-declaration.narf.org/wp-content/uploads/2010training-module.pdf The overall development objective of this Training Module is the greater fulfilment and enjoyment of human rights and more ...
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Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of indigenous peoples in the United States (United Nations, 2012)
https://un-declaration.narf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012anaya-us-report.pdf Report Summary: In this report the Special Rapporteur examines the human rights situation of indigenous peoples in the United ...
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Frequently Asked Questions (United Nations)
https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/faq_drips_en.pdf A two-page flyer giving basic background information on the United Nations' Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples including ...
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Guide: Know Your Rights! United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples for Indigenous Adolescents
https://un-declaration.narf.org/wp-content/uploads/un-adolescents-guide2013.pdf The text for Know Your Rights! (written for adolescent boys and girls, aged 13 –18 years) was prepared by ...
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British Columbia becomes 1st Canadian province to pass UN Indigenous rights declaration
British Columbia has become the first jurisdiction in Canada to pass legislation implementing the United Nations Declaration on Indigenous Peoples ...
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Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission holds hearings to assess the mistreatment of Navajo and Native American students using UN Declaration
St. Michaels, Navajo Nation (ARIZ)–The Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission (”Commission”) in partnership with Department of Diné Education and Diné ...
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Washington State Attorney General Ferguson Releases Tribal Consent Policy
Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced a new policy that requires the Attorney General’s Office to obtain free, prior and ...
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Carpenter speaks at UN General Assembly Kickoff
Speaking on behalf of the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP), of which she serves ...
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