20 - 31 May 2013, UN Headquarters, New York

Report on the 12th Session of the UNPFII
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Statements are available at UN PaperSmart

Documents:

E/C.19/2013/1 Provisional Agenda
E/C.19/2013/L.1 Proposed Organization of Work
E/C.19/2013/3 Report of the International Expert Group Meeting on the theme “Indigenous youth: Identity challenges and hope: articles 14, 17, 21 and 25 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples”
E/C.19/2013/4 Report of the Inter-Agency Support Group Meeting on Indigenous Peoples
E/C.19/2013/5 Study on resilience, traditional knowledge and capacity-building for pastoralist communities in Africa
E/C.19/2013/6 Study on the situation of indigenous persons with disabilities, with a particular focus on challenges faced with respect to the full enjoyment of human rights and inclusion in development
E/C.19/2013/7 Indigenous People’s Rights and Safeguards in Projects related to Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+)
E/C.19/2013/8 Study on the Right to participation in decision-making processes of indigenous youth in the Nordic countries
E/C.19/2013/9 Study on the extent of violence against indigenous women and girls in terms of article 22 (2) of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
E/C.19/2013/10 Study on indigenous women’s political participation at the international, national and local levels
E/C.19/2013/11 Study on the extractive industries in Mexico and the situation of indigenous peoples in the territories in which those industries are located
E/C.19/2013/12 Study on decolonization of the Pacific region
E/C.19/2013/13 Study on the rights of indigenous peoples and truth commissions and other truth-seeking mechanisms on the American continent
E/C.19/2013/14 Study on engaging indigenous peoples more inclusively in the process of disaster risk reduction by respecting linguistic and cultural practices of indigenous peoples known to be at risk
E/C.19/2013/15 Review of the World Bank operational policies, to analyze participation mechanisms on indigenous peoples and determine to what extent those policies respect the UN Declaration
E/C.19/2013/16 Consolidated report on extractive industries and their impact on indigenous peoples
E/C.19/2013/17 Study on how the knowledge, history and contemporary social circumstances of indigenous peoples are embedded in the curricula of education systems
E/C.19/2013/18 A Study on National Constitutions and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
E/C.19/2013/19 Analysis prepared by the secretariat of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on health, education and culture
E/C.19/2013/20 Study on the impact of the mining boom upon indigenous communities in Australia
E/C.19/2013/21 Evaluation of the small grants programme on the Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People under the Trust Fund on Indigenous Issues
E/C.19/2013/22 Information received from non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council
E/C.19/2013/23 Information received from the United Nations system and other intergovernmental organizations addressing the recommendations of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
E/C.19/2013/24 Information from States on addressing the recommendations of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Submitted by NGOs:

CRP 1 A study on the Political Participation of Kenya’s Hunter Gatherer Women in international and national Political Spaces
CRP 2 Decisions and Recommendations of the North American Indigenous Peoples’ Caucus to the 12th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and to other bodies and fora, as appropriate
CRP 3 Evaluación de la Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas en Guatemala
CRP 4 Follow-up on the recommendations of the Permanent Forum on Culture including recommendations of the UNPFII 11th session in its Half‐day discussion on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to Food and Food Sovereignty

Information Received from t the UN System and Other Intergovernmental Organizations:

Department of Political Affairs (DPA)
Department of Public Information (DPI)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL)
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECCD)
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological diversity (SCBD)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
UN Women
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
United Nations Population Fund(UNFPA)
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Information received from Governments

Bolivia
Denmark and Greenland
Ecuador
Mexico
Paraguay

 

 Fact Sheets/Backgrounders:

Indigenous Peoples in Africa (EN / ES / FR)

World Conference on Indigenous Peoples (EN / ES / FR)
Indigenous Youth (EN / ES / FR)

Protecting the rights of indigenous peoples: Interview with Tonya Gonnella Frichner, former member of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in DESA News, Volume 17, No.05 - May 2013

 

Press Releases/Conferences on the 12th Session of the UNPFII:

Press Release--20 May 2013 (EN / ES / FR)
Press Conference on the opening of the 12th Session--20 May 2013 (Video / Article)

Press Conference on New Legal Frameworks for Africa’s Indigenous People--23 May 2013 (Video / Article)

Press Conference on Preparations for 2014 World Conference on Indigenous Peoples--28 May 2013 (Video / Article)

Press Conference on Highlights of the Twelfth Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues--30 May 2013 (Article / Video)


Meetings Coverage:

1st and 2nd Meetings (AM & PM)--20 May 2013
3rd and 4th Meetings (AM & PM)--21 May 2013
5th and 6th Meetings (AM & PM)--22 May 2013
7th Meeting (PM)--23 May 2013
8th and 9th Meetings--(AM & PM)--24 May 2013
10th & 11th Meetings (AM & PM)--28 May 2013
12th & 13th Meetings (AM & PM)--29 May 2013
14th & 15th Meetings (AM & PM)--30 May 2013
16th Meeting (PM)--31 May 2013


Webcasts:

Opening of the 12th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues--20 May 2013 (AM)
2nd Meeting--20 May 2013 (PM)
3rd Meeting--21 May 2013  (AM)
4th Meeting--21 May 2013  (PM)
5th Meeting--22 May 2013  (AM)
6th Meeting--22 May 2013  (PM)
7th Meeting--23 May 2013  (PM)
8th Meeting--24 May 2013  (AM)
9th Meeting--24 May 2013  (PM)
10th Meeting--28 May 2013 (AM)
11th Meeting--28 May 2013 (PM)
12th Meeting--29 May 2013 (AM)
13th Meeting--29 May 2013 (PM)
14th Meeting--30 May 2013 (AM)
15th Meeting--30 May 2013 (PM)
Closing of the 12th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues--31 May 2013 (PM)