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Title: Inclusive and equitable life learning and the right to education for all, without discrimination
Conference Room: CR.11 | 1:15 - 2:45 PM
Organizers: OHCHR, UNICEF, UNESCO
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Title: Effective Participation in the UNPFII
Conference Room: CR.6 | 1:15 - 2:30 PM
Organizers: UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples and DOCIP
Flyer: English | Français | Español | Русский
Title: Indigenous Participation
Conference Room: CR.4 | 1:15 - 2:30 PM
Organizers: Permanent Mission of Canada
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Title: Collective rights to LTR
Conference Room: CR.A | 1:15 - 2:30 PM
Organizers: International Presentation Association,VIVAT International, NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Title: Dialogue on Climate with Indigenous Peoples and the World Bank
Conference Room: S-2724 BR | 1:15 - 2:30 PM
Organizers: World Bank
Title: ICC Greenland
Conference Room: S-2725 BR | 1:15 - 2:30 PM
Organizers: ICC Greenland
Title: Sami Story-Telling and Healing in Finland
Conference Room: CR.F | 1:15 - 2:45 PM
Organizers: Sami Parliament, Finnish Saami Youth Organization, MADRE and the Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers, with the support of the Permanent Mission of Finland
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Title: Human Rights, IPs and Biodiversity
Conference Room: CR.8 | 1:15 - 2:30 PM
Organizers: SwedBio at Stockholm Resilience Centre, Sectretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Forest Peples Programme, Natural Justice
Flyer: English | Español
Title: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
Conference Room: S-2725 BR | 2:45 - 4:00 PM
Organizers: Native Women's Association of Canada
Title: Situation of human rights in Crimea
Conference Room: CR.8 | 2:45 - 4:00 PM
Organizers: Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the UN
Title: Indigenous advancement through sport
Conference Room: S-2725 BR | 4:15 - 5:30 PM
Organizers: National Congress of Australia's First People and the Richmond Football Club
Title: Protecting indigenous human rights defenders
Conference Room: CR.8 | 4:15 - 5:30 PM
Organizers: Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact, Indigenous Peoples Major Group for Sustainable Development and UN Environment Programme (TBC)
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Title: Situación de los defensores indígenas
Conference Room: CR.6 | 6:15 - 8:00 PM
Organizers: Coordinadora de Organzaciones Indígenas de la Cuenca Amazónica - COICA
Title: Land Rights for Climate, Forests, Biodiversity
Conference Room: CR. 8 | 6:15 - 8:00 PM
Organizers: New York Declaration on Forests Secretariat (UNDP, Meridian Institute and Climate Advisors), Equator Initiative, UNDP-REDD+,Tribal Link Foundation
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Title: Plan de Acción de Iberoamérica
Conference Room: CR.4 | 6:15 - 8:00 PM
Organizers: FILAC - Fondo para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indigenas de América Latina y el Caribe
Flyer: English | Español
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Title: Using UN treaty bodies to advance rights
Conference Room: CR.8 | 10:00 - 11:15 AM
Organizers: DOCIP and the UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples
Flyer: English | Français | Español | Русский
Title: Resistance to destructive development
Conference Room: CR.8 | 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
Organizers: ICCA Consortium and Members Federations of Indigenous Peoples (UNINOMAD, ANAPAC, BUKLURAN, FENAMAD, WGII, TICTU, TICCA Guatemala)
Title: Arctic to the Amazon: Indigenous Women Protecting Lands Against Oil Exploration
Conference Room: S-2725 BR | 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
Organizers: Land is Life, Inc
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Title: Mechanisms to Advance Collective Rights
Conference Room: S-2724 BR| 11:30 AM- 12:45 PM
Organizers: US Human Rights Network
Title: UN-REDD Workplan for 2018-2019
Conference Room: S-1521 | 11:30 AM- 12:45 PM
Organizers: UN-REDD
Title: The UNDRIP and the Native Title Act
Conference Room: S-1521 | 1:00 - 2:15 PM
Organizers: National Native Title Council
Title: Film on Intellectual Property and Trad. Knowledge
Conference Room: CR.7 | 1:15 - 2:30 PM
Organizers: World Intellectual Propery Organization (WIPO)
Title: Indigenous Women's Maternal Health & Mor.
Conference Room: CR.8 | 1:15 - 2:30 PM
Organizers: UNFPA, UNICEF, UN-Women
Flyer Fact Sheet
Title: Agenda 2030 from the Arctic Perspective
Conference Room: S-2725 BR | 1:15 - 2:30 PM
Organizers: International Development Fund for Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation “BATANI”
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Title: Communal access and rights to land
Conference Room: CR.6 | 1:15 - 2:30 PM
Organizers: UN Food and Agriculture Organisaiton
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Title: Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Struggles
Conference Room: CR.A | 1:15 - 2:30 PM
Organizers: Columbia University Institute for the Study of Human Rights (Indigenous Peoples' Rights program) and Tebtebba Foundation
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Title: Indigenous languages in Russian Federation
Conference Room: CR.4 | 1:15 - 2:30 PM
Organizers: The Government of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District of the Russian Federation
Title: Protecting Indigenous Lands
Conference Room: S-2724 BR | 1:15 - 2:30 PM
Organizers: University of Manitoba & Centre for International Governance Innovation
Title: IPs collective rights to lands in Brazil
Conference Room: S-1521 | 2:30 - 3:45 PM
Organizers: Franciscans International and CIMI (Indigenous Missionary Council)
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Title: Land Territories and resources of IPs
Conference Room: CR.8 | 2:45 - 4:00 PM
Organizers: United Confederation of Taíno People
Title: Land rights, governance and economic dev.
Conference Room: S-2725 BR| 2:45 - 4:00 PM
Organizers: The Sami Parliament in Sweden and The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Title: Indigenous Lands and Natural Resources
Conference Room: CR.8 | 4:15 - 5:30 PM
Organizers: Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee (IPACC)
Title: Indigenous-led Conservation
Conference Room: CR.6 | 6:15 - 8:00 PM
Organizers: Cultural Survival & Amazon Watch
Title: Implementation of UNDRIP – Recognition of Rights
Conference Room: CR.8 | 6:15 - 8:00 PM
Organizers: Permanent Mission of Canada to the UN
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Title: 50th Anniv. American Indian Movement
Conference Room: S-2725 BR | 10:00 - 11:15 AM
Organizers: AIM-WEST/American Indian Movement (AIM)/ Oodham Elders Council of Tohono'Oodham/Amah Mutsun Tribal Nation/Honduras inter-faith Coalition
Title: Culture of the Yakutia Peoples
Conference Room: CR.8 | 10:00 - 11:15 AM
Organizers: Autonomous non-profit organization Ethnocultural association "Ellayada"
Title: Arctic Railway and Future of Saami Youth
Conference Room: S-2724 BR | 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Organizers: Youth Council of the Sámi Parliament in Finland/ University of Lapland, Faculty of Art and Design/ Sámi Youth in Finland Organisation/ Suohpanterror Saami Artivist Collective
Title: Sexual violence against Indigenous People
Conference Room: S-2725 BR | 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Organizers: Indigenous Womens Knowledge
Title: Countering Migration and Displacement
Conference Room: CR.8 | 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
Organizers: Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung—New York Office, MADRE
Flyer
Title: Transferring Traditional Knowledge
Conference Room: CR.6 | 1:15 - 2:30 PM
Organizers: Conservation International
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Title: FCPF Cap. building program: Africa, Asia, LAC
Conference Room: CR.4 | 1:15 - 2:30 PM
Organizers: Mainyoito Pastoralist Integrated Development Organization
Title: Political Participation of Indigenous Peoples
Conference Room: S-2725 BR | 1:15 - 2:30 PM
Organizers: UNDP Mexico and The Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judicial Branch of Mexico
Title: Indigenous Twa and Mbuti Peoples of Africa
Conference Room: S-2724 BR | 1:15 - 2:30 PM
Organizers: Initiative for Equality, Congo, Foyer de Développement pour l’Autopromotion des Pygmées et Indigènes Défavorisés, Union des Peuples Autochtones pour le Reveil au Developpement
Title: Implementing UNDRIP and closing the gap in Indigenous disadvantage
Conference Room: CR.A | 1:15 - 2:30 PM
Organizers: Australian Mission to the UN with co-hosts TBC
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Title: Addressing criminalisation and attacks of IPs
Conference Room: CR.8 | 1:15 - 2:30 PM
Organizers: Tebtebba (Indigenous Peoples' International Centre for Policy Research and Education)
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Title: International Year of Indigenous Languages
Conference Room: CR.8 | 2:45 - 4:00 PM
Organizers: UNESCO
Title: Indigenous Midwifery
Conference Room: S-2724 BR | 3:00 - 4:15 PM
Organizers: National Aboriginal Council of Midwives - NACM, Canada, KINAL Antzetik – México and CHIRAPAQ Centro de Culturas Indígenas del Peru
Title: Indigenous Peoples and Energy
Conference Room: CR.8 | 4:15 - 5:30 PM
Organizers: Indigenous Peoples Major Group for the SDGs
Title: Launch: The Indigenous World 2018
Conference Room: CR.6 | 6:15 - 8:00 PM
Organizers: International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA)
Title: Combating Environmental Violence
Conference Room: CR.4 | 6:15 - 8:00 PM
Organizers: International Indian Treaty Council, International Indigenous Women’s Forum (FIMI), the Institute for the Study of Human Rights (Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Program) at Columbia University and el Fondo para el Desarollo de los Pueblos Indígenas del América Latina y el Caribe (FILAC)
Title: Buenas prácticas en inversiones a gran escala
Conference Room: CR.8 | 6:15 - 8:00 PM
Organizers: Foro Indígena del Abya Yala
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Title: Universal Periodic Review: 3rd Cycle
Conference Room: CR.8 | 10:00 - 11:15 AM
Organizers: International Network for Diplomacy & Indigenous Governance Engaging in Nonviolence Organizing for Understanding & Self-Determination (INDIGENOUS), Cultural Survival
Title: VNR orientation in preparation for the HLPF
Conference Room: S-2725 BR | 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Organizers: Taino Federantion, IITC, Indigenous Peoples Major Group for the SDGs
Title: Human Rights in the Amazon
Conference Room: CR.8 | 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
Organizers: Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the UN
Title: Sexual and reproductive health and rights
Conference Room: CR.8 | 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Organizers: UNFPA & Chirapaq
Flyer Executive Summary
Title: Indigenous peoples energy partnership
Conference Room: S-2725 BR | 1:15 - 2:30 PM
Organizers: Tebtebba (Indigenous Peoples' International Centre for Policy Research and Education)
Title: IPs sustainable development in Russia
Conference Room: CR.6 | 1:15 - 2:30 PM
Organizers: Permanent Mission of Russia to the UN and PJSC "LUKOIL"
Title: Aotearoa Young People Speak
Conference Room: CR.A | 1:15 - 2:30 PM
Organizers: The Moko Foundation
Title: Promoting Indigenous Languages in Ecuador
Conference Room: CR.8 | 2:45 - 4:00 PM
Organizers: Permanent Mission of Ecuador to the UN
Title: Dakota Access Pipeline Resistance
Conference Room: S-2725 BR | 2:45 - 4:00 PM
Organizers: Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program at Arizona Law (IPLP), Water Protectors Legal Collective, Univ. Colorado, Boulder- Law, Member of UNPFII, Member of Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities in Africa
Title: Yakutia
Conference Room: CR.8 | 4:15 - 5:30 PM
Organizers: Autonomous Non-Profit Organization Ethnocultural Association Elleyada
Title: Maize: Our Food, Our Identity
Conference Room: S-2725 BR | 4:15 - 5:30 PM
Organizers: Alianza Milpa
Title: Interfaith Rainforest Initiative
Conference Room: CR.4 | 6:15 - 8:00 PM
Organizers: UN Environment
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Title: Rights to Indigenous Communications: Media as a Tool for Social Transformation
Conference Room: CR.6 | 6:15 - 8:00 PM
Organizers: The Latin American Coordinator for Indigenous Peoples’ Film and Communications (CLACPI), UN Alliance Of Civilization and The Wapikoni Mobile
Flyer English|Français|Español
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Title: National Congress and the WIHC 2019
Conference Room: S-2725 BR | 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
Organizers: National Congress of Australia's First Peoples
Title: ICTs as a tool for the empowerment
Conference Room: Amartya Sen (FF building) | 1:15 - 2:30 PM
Organizers: International Telecommunication Union/ Permanent Mission of Australia to the United Nations
Flyer
Title: Land and Resource Rights
Conference Room: CR.8 | 1:15 - 2:30 PM
Organizers: UNDP/GEF Small Grants Programme, Global ICCA Consortium, WWF International
Title: Indigenous Knowledge in IPBES
Conference Room: CR.6 | 1:15 - 2:30 PM
Organizers: Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and UNESCO
Title: Por la Paz de la Madre Tierra
Conference Room: CR.4 | 1:15 - 2:30 PM
Organizers: Foro Indigena del Abya Yala / Concejo Indigena de Centro América (CICA) y Embajada Mundial de Activistas por la Paz (EMAP)
Title: Working Conditions of Indigenous Peoples
Conference Room: CR.F | 1:15 - 2:30 PM
Organizers: International Labour Organisation
Flyer
Title: FPIC: Working in Good Faith with IPs
Conference Room: S-2725 BR | 1:15 - 2:30 PM
Organizers: University of California, Los Angeles Information Studies
Title: Recognition of indigenous justice systems
Conference Room: S-2725 BR | 2:45 - 4:00 PM
Organizers: Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact and International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
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Title: Decolonial Approaches in Education
Conference Room: S-2725 BR | 4:15 - 5:30 PM
Organizers: Habitat Pro Association
Title: The Land Rights System
Conference Room: CR.8 | 4:15 - 5:30 PM
Organizers: New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council
Title: Consulta, desarrollo y justicia redistributiva
Conference Room: CR.8 | 6:15 - 8:00 PM
Organizers: ORGANIZACION NACIONAL INDIGENA DE COLOMBIA (ONIC)
Title: Linking Biological and Cultural Diversity
Conference Room: CR.4 | 6:15 - 8:00 PM
Organizers: Center for Biodiversity and Conservation at the American Museum of Natural History, UNDP GEF Small Grants Programme, IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas IPLC Working Group
Flyer
Title: Empowerment of indigenous women
Conference Room: CR.A | 6:15 - 8:00 PM
Organizers: International Indigenous Women Forum (IIWF/FIMI), News Agency of Indigenous and Afrodescendent Women (NOTIMIA), FAO
Flyer English|Español
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Title: The Curse of Oil and Indigenous Peoples
Conference Room: S-2725 BR | 10:15 - 11:30 AM
Organizers: Ogaden People's Rights Organization (OPRO)
Title: Canadian First Nations & Radioactive Waste
Conference Room: CR.4 | 1:15 - 2:30 PM
Organizers: Anishinabek Nation and Iroquois Caucus
Flyer
Title: Māori Economic Development
Conference Room: CR.8 | 1:15 - 2:30 PM
Organizers: Permanent Mission of New Zealand to the UN
Flyer Concept Note
Title: Human Trafficking of Indigenous Peoples
Conference Room: CR.9 | 1:15 - 2:30 PM
Organizers: University of Colorado Law School American Indian Law Program; Cultural Survival; Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission (invited); Navajo Nation Council on Youth (invited)
Title: Indigenous gathering: Our lands, our rights!
Conference Room: CR.6 | 1:15 - 2:30 PM
Organizers: Indigenous Peoples Major Group, Indigenous Youth Caucus, International Land Coalition (ILC), International Working Group for Indigenous Affairs, Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (TBC), International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD), Land Rights Now Campaign
Title: Access to Justice and the Right to Participate
Conference Room: CR.8 | 2:45 - 4:00 PM
Organizers: American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative
Flyer: English | Español
Title: Uncontacted tribes in the Vale do Javari, Bra.
Conference Room: CR.8 | 4:15 - 5:30 PM
Organizers: Céline Cousteau CauseCentric Productions; Tribal Link Foundation; UNDP Equator Initiative
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Title: Reflection of globalization on the Amazigh
Conference Room: S-2725 BR | 1:15 - 2:30 PM
Organizers: Congres Mondial Amazigh
Title: Traditional Indigenous Medicine
Conference Room: CR.8 | 1:15 - 2:30 PM
Organizers: Land is Life
Title: Shareholder Advocacy Leadership Workshop
Conference Room:CR.9 | 1:15 - 2:30 PM
Organizers: University of Colorado American Indian Law Program; Terri Henry, Member of Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Title: Health and wellbeing of Indigenous Peoples
Conference Room: S-2725 BR | 2:45 - 4:00 PM
Organizers: International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW), Fordham University, American Indian Community House, NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
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Title: Keepers of the Earth - Grantee Showcase
Conference Room: CR.8 | 1:15 - 2:30 PM
Organizers: Cultural Survival Inc.
Title: Wakotawin - Gang-exiting project
Conference Room: CR.8 | 6:15 - 8:00 PM
Organizers: University of Saskatchewan Indigenous Studies
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Title: Building capacity through Experiential Education
Conference Room: S-2725 BR | 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
Organizers: Columbia University
Title: Circle of Grandmothers and Grandfathers
Conference Room: CR.F | 1:15 - 2:30 PM
Organizers: Cubraiti, Inc.
Title: Importance of Indigenous Community Media
Conference Room: CR.F | 6:15 - 8:00 PM
Organizers: Cultural Survival, Inc.
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