Report from the International Indigenous Women’s Symposium

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Report from the International Indigenous Women's Symposium July 1st 2010 in Alamo, California





Participants in the INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS WOMEN'S ENVIRONMENTAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SYMPOSIUM, Alamo, California,

June 30 - July 1st 2010, hosted by IITC included representatives from the US, Canada, Alaska, Aotearoa (New Zealand), Canada, Caribbean, Mexico and Guatemala.



Photo by Janeen Antione









On June 30-July 1st, IITC hosted over 40 participants in the International Indigenous Women's Symposium "Our Land, Our Rights, Our Future Generations"



“DECLARATION FOR HEALTH, LIFE AND DEFENSE OF OUR LANDS, RIGHTS AND FUTURE GENERATIONS”



July 1st 2010, Alamo, California



We, Indigenous women from the regions of North America, Latin America, the Arctic, Caribbean and the Pacific, gathered June 30th to July 1st, 2010 at the INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS WOMEN'S ENVIRONMENTAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SYMPOSIUM, in Alamo, California, hosted by the International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) and the North-South Indigenous Network Against Pesticides.




We recognize and thank the Indigenous Peoples of this land called California for welcoming us to their beautiful land.



We are traditional healers, midwives, youth and community organizers, environmental and human rights activists, teachers and traditional and cultural leaders. We are daughters, sisters, mothers, aunties, grandmothers and great grandmothers, youth and elders, members of great Nations who have always stood firm to defend our lands, our Peoples and our cultures.


We work in our communities, homes, health centers, tribal and traditional governments and Indigenous organizations, on the local, national and international levels. We recognize and appreciate the important contributions that all of us, and many other Indigenous women around the world, are making to defend our lands, rights and the health of future generations, as well as the generations who have come before us. Click here to read more




To read the Declaration in English and Spanish, please click below.



http://treatycouncil.org/PDFs/DECLARATIONFORHEALTH
REV1engweb.pdf

http://treatycouncil.org/PDFs/DECLARACIONPARALASAL
UDweb.pdf



IITC Comments to the US Department of State on their review of the United Nations Declaration on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, July 12th 2010



http://treatycouncil.org/PDFs/FINALIITC%20Statemen
t%20on%20the%20US%20Review%20of%20the%20UN%20Declar
ation%207%2012%2010.pdf














ICT article - Carmen: Time to adopt the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples





Andrea Carmen (Yaqui), IITC Executive Director, op-ed on the need for the US to move forward in adopting the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.



On April 20, at the Ninth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice announced that the United States will conduct a “formal review” of its position in opposition to the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.




The Declaration was adopted by the U.N. General Assembly on Sept. 13, 2007 when 144 countries voted in favor, 11 abstained, and four countries voted against it – the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Since then, all of the four countries that voted “no” have either reversed their positions or have initiated a process towards doing so.




The Declaration was developed over a 30-year process at the United Nations with the participation of thousands of indigenous peoples, nations, tribal governments and organizations from the United States and around the world, as well as a number of independent experts. Click here to read more








http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/archive/97150584
.html













Third Session of the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, July 12-16th 2010 Geneva





IITC co-hosted a panel presentation “ Collaboration and Coordination to advance Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights at the UN” at the 3rd session of the EMRIP, July 15th2010, Geneva. Panelists L to R: Antti Korkeakivi , Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights; Jannie Lasimbang, UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; Carlos Mamani, Chair, Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues; James Anaya, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people; Chief Wilton Littlechild, Treaty 6 International Chief and Andrea Carmen, moderator, IITC Executive Director






Report from the 2nd UN Seminar on Treaties, Agreements and Other Constructive Arrangements submitted to the 3rd EMRIP session, Geneva July, 2010



Read the full report from the 2nd UN Seminar on treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements

Hobbema, Canadá, November 14-6, 2006:

http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/indigenous/Ex
pertMechanism/3rd/docs/A_HRC_EMRIP_2010_5_en.doc




Informe del Seminario de expertos de las Naciones Unidas sobre tratados, convenios y otros acuerdos constructivos entre Estados y pueblos indígenas, Hobbema, Canadá, 14 a 17 de noviembre de 2006, presentado al tercer sesión del MEDPI, Julio 2010, español


http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/indigenous/Ex
pertMechanism/3rd/docs/A_HRC_EMRIP_2010_5_sp.doc




“Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples and Coal Mining in Alaska” IITC Community Training Friday August 20th, 2010 9:00-4:00 p.m. Chickaloon Village Ya Ne Dah Ah School, Mile 55.5 Glenn Highway (1 mile past Moose Creek, Alaska) hosted by Chickaloon Village






Using a “Human Rights Approach” to defend against proposed coal mining that will affect our lands and future generations, with:



¤ Andrea Carmen, Yaqui, International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) Executive Director, on relevant US Human Rights Obligations;



¤ Alberto Saldamando, IITC General Counsel and International human rights attorney, on using UN human rights mechanisms;



¤ Faith Gemmill, Gwich’in, Executive Director of REDOIL and IITC Board member, on fossil fuel development and subsistence rights in Alaska;



¤ Welcome by Chief Gary Harrison, Chickaloon Village;



Updates, developments and strategies to address proposed Wishbone Hill Coal Mine and other extractive industries projects in Alaska.





http://treatycouncil.org/PDFs/HRT%20CVTC%20new%20%
283%29.pdf













Introducing IITC's new E-news editor





IITC welcomes our new e-news editor Morningstar Gali. For the past two years she has been the IITC Community Liaison Coordinator and can be reached at morningstar@treatycouncil.org.




































We also warmly thank Alyssa Macy for her excellent work as IITC’s former and founding e-news editor.













Support the work of IITC | ¡Apoyen nuestro trabajo!





IITC does not receive any state or federal funding for our work. Instead we are supported by the foundation grants and the generous support of private donors, friends and allies. Please consider contributing to support the work of IITC. Whether it be planned giving or a one time donation, any amount helps. IITC is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organizations and all donations are tax-deductible.




For more information on supporting our organization, please contact Andrea Carmen, Executive Director at andrea@treatycouncil.org or (907) 745-4482.



CITI no recibe recurso alguno de los Gobiernos estatales o federales. Dependemos exclusivamente de fundaciones y del apoyo generoso de donantes individuales, amigos y aliados para sustentar nuestro trabajo. Por favor, considere la posibilidad de contribuir económicamente al trabajo de CITI, ya sea mediante un apoyo permanente, o haciendo una donación única. Toda donación, por pequeña que sea, nos ayuda. CITI es una organización sin fines de lucro de acuerdo con el artículo 501, fracción c, inciso 3 del Código Estadounidense. Toda sus donaciones son deducibles de los impuestos en los EE.UU.




Para más información acerca de cómo pueden apoyarnos, por favor comuníquese con nuestra Directora Ejecutiva, Andrea Carmen, alandrea@treatycouncil.org ó (907) 745-4482




In This Issue



Report from the International Indigenous Women's Symposium July 1st 2010 in Alamo, California



IITC Comments to the US Department of State on their review of the United Nations Declaration on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, July 12th 2010



ICT article - Carmen: Time to adopt the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples



Third Session of the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, July 12-16th 2010 Geneva



“Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples and Coal Mining in Alaska” IITC Community Training Friday August 20th, 2010 9:00-4:00 p.m. Chickaloon Village Ya Ne Dah Ah School, Mile 55.5 Glenn Highway (1 mile past Moose Creek, Alaska) hosted by Chickaloon Village




Introducing IITC's new E-news editor



Support the work of IITC | ¡Apoyen nuestro trabajo!
































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