Twenty Countries Join Forces to Strengthen Children’s Rights

Sara Shahriari
May 26, 2012
Twenty countries have signed a new measure designed as a last resort for children when legal systems fail to protect their rights...

Seneca Students Speak at United Nations Permanent Forum

ICTMN Staff
May 22, 2012
A group of 15 Seneca Salamanca High School students traveled to the Eleventh Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York City (UNPFII) to present...

World Government And World Citizens

Duane Champagne
May 26, 2012
Many pessimists think that the only way out of our economic and political challenges is by organizing a world government and designating everyone on this planet a “world citizen”...

World Intellectual Property Organization Blasted for ‘Misappropriation’ of Indigenous Knowledge, Resources

Gale Courey Toensing
May 16, 2012
Dozens of Indigenous Peoples showed up at a presentation by the World Intellectual Property Organization at the 11 th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Is...

Ancient Cultures Strive to Modernize 'Medieval' Western Notions at UNPFII

ICTMN Staff
May 10, 2012
As the 11th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) dissected the Doctrine of Discovery this week, peoples from ancient cultures worked to moder...

Video: Global Indigenous Youth Caucus Request for Action

ICTMN Staff
May 08, 2012
On May 8, the Global Indigenous Youth Caucus held a peaceful protest outside the United Nations headquarters, New York, New York, demanding "full and effective participation" in th...
Peter d'Errico

Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: What's in a Name? Say It

One of the most significant declarations ever to emanate from the United Nations, the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, is belittled—mocked, almost—by the acronym so often used to refer to it. UNDRIP: it sounds like a health problem. Or something to fix a plumbing system....

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May 09, 2012

Tonya Gonnella Frichner Among Honorary Degree Recipients at Colby College

Gale Courey Toensing
April 25, 2012
Tonya Gonnella Frichner, a citizen of the Onondaga Nation, Snipe Clan, will receive an honorary degree from Colby College during its 191 st Commencement on May 20...

UN Special Rapporteur: Who Will Protect Human Rights Defenders?

ICTMN Staff
April 10, 2012
Whether it’s the San Francisco Peaks or the Belo Monte Dam Project , the Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders, Margaret Sekaggya, says the environmental defenders rights sh...

Annual International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Is Today

Gale Courey Toensing
March 21, 2012
“If a phantom has at some time traveled this earth, it is racism...

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