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Recursos pertinentes

Brazil - Update to CERD regarding the situation of indigenous peoples in Raposa Serra do Sol

6 Julio de, 2009

Report summarizes events that have taken place since February 2009, including an important Supreme Court decision which had the immediate effect of allowing for the removal of the remaining non-indigenous occupants from RSS, but which may have negative impacts on indigenous peoples in Brazil as a whole in the long run.
Submission by Conselho Indígena de Roraima, Rainforest Foundation US, and Forest Peoples Programme

English (0.1 MB)

Submission to CERD on the urgent situation of the Achuar people in Rio Corrientes, Peru

6 Julio de, 2009

Report about the grave situation over the last two months in the Amazon resulting in numerous deaths, injuries and disappeared persons. Information provided in support of CERD's forthcoming review of the Achuar matter, as well as in the context of their comprehensive examination of Peru’s latest periodic report, scheduled for the August 2009 session.
Submission by FECONACO, Racimos and Forest Peoples Programme

English (0.4 MB)

Request to the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples about the situation of the Batwa people of southwest Uganda

6 Julio de, 2009

Submitted by United Organisation for Batwa Development in Uganda (UOBDU) and Forest Peoples Programme (FPP)

English (0.1 MB)

El CERD pidió al Gobierno de Indonesia que salvaguardase los derechos a la propiedad de las comunidades indígenas en los procedimientos de la REDD

1 Julio de, 2009

En respuesta a una petición de actuación urgente de Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara (AMAN), Sawit Watch, FPP y otras organizaciones, el Comité para la Eliminación de la Discriminación Racial (CERD por sus siglas en inglés) instó a Indonesia a garantizar la protección efectiva de los derechos de los pueblos indígenas durante la aplicación de medidas de reducción de las emisiones derivadas de la deforestación y la degradación de los bosques (REDD).

Lea la respuesta del CERD (solamente disponible en inglés)
Lea la petición de actuación urgente (solamente disponible en inglés)

Submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) at its 42nd Session, on the rights of indigenous peoples in Cambodia

6 Abril de, 2009

NGO report provides specific facts and documentation related to ongoing violations of the economic, social and cultural rights of the indigenous peoples of Cambodia

English (0.6 MB)

UN OHCHR Joint Indigenous Peoples and NGO Statement to the Human Rights Council

2 Marzo de, 2009

Statement provides guidance to the Council in its consideration of the human rights implications of climate change

English (0.1 MB)

Urgent Action letter on Indonesia adopted by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in response to the AMAN/Sawit Watch/FPP submission of February 2009

2 Marzo de, 2009

Letter adopted under the urgent action and early warning procedures expressing serious concerns about indigenous peoples' rights in relation to oil plam plantations and a proposed regulation on REDD (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation)

English (0.1 MB)

Suriname - Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

2 Marzo de, 2009

in response to NGO submission of February 2009 to CERD providing comments on the Government of Suriname's report
(See February report)

English (0.1 MB)

Comite de la ONU (Comite para la Eliminacion de Discriminación Racial) dirige carta al Gobierno de Peru

2 Marzo de, 2009

expresando su continua preocupación por el impacto de exploración de hidrocarburos en el territorio del pueblo Achuar en el Río Corrientes

Espanol (0.1 MB)

Indonesia - Follow-up submission to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

2 Febrero de, 2009

concerning the situation of indigenous peoples in the Republic of Indonesia that request urgent action measures
Submission by Sawit Watch, Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara and FPP

English (0.3 MB)