EMRIP16: Item 9 – United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including report on Establishing Monitoring Mechanisms.
The implementation of UNDRIP remains only on paper, not in the practice.
ILO C169
EMRIP16: Item 9 – Interactive dialogue with UNPFII, the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and the UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples (public)
I would request the Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples to expand its program of funding to the indigenous representatives to attend various UN sessions.
EMRIP16: Item 8 – Panel discussion on the rights of Indigenous Peoples to engage freely in all their traditional and other economic activities, with a focus on fishing practices.
The recognition by the Government as enshrined in the UNDRIP, including the roles of NHRI, to the IPs of Marine, coastal and small islands are very much needed.
EMRIP16: Item 5 – Statement of Lawyers’ Association for Human Rights of Nepalese Indigenous Peoples (LAHURNIP)
“Development” is a narrative that is often found problematic to indigenous peoples without rights that are enshrined under various international human rights including the ILO Convention No. 169 and UNDRIP.
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