Come learn about the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) and how it can aid in your advocacy efforts and put pressure on the US government to respect Indigenous Peoples' rights. Hear about how Indigenous communities are using the process in claiming their rights.
We especially invite tribal members.
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
2:00pm-4:00pm
North American Indian Center of Boston (NAICOB)
105 S Huntington Ave
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
2:00pm-4:00pm
North American Indian Center of Boston (NAICOB)
105 S Huntington Ave
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
The UPR is a process conducted at the United Nations in Geneva that reviews each UN member state's record with regard to its human rights obligations and commitments.
"The ultimate aspiration of the Universal Periodic Review is the improvement of human rights in every country with significant consequences for people around the globe. If Indigenous Peoples participate in each phase, there will be a rigorous review and the results will be substantive. It can become a regular measure of how states are implementing the rights enshrined in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and it can be the catalyst for the conversation with a country's leadership to ensure the Declaration is beyond paper, building better lives for Indigenous Peoples." --Joshua Cooper
Joshua Cooper, a professor at the University of Hawai'i, West Oahu, Kapolei and director of the Hawai'i Institute for Human Rights will lead the training.
Please RSVP to Agnes Portalewska by June 20 at agnes@cs.org. Space is limited.
· For additional information on the UN's Universal Periodic Review Process, please visit:
- http://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/universal-periodic-review-potent-process-realization-human
- http://www.state.gov/j/drl/upr/process/index.htm
- http://www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/upr/pages/uprmain.aspx
- humanrights.gov
This event is being organized by:
Hawai'i Institute for Human Rights, dedicated to promoting human rights principles and a culture of peace through education and advocacy. HIHR advocates the use of public law instruments in implementing civil, political, economic, social, cultural, collective and ecological rights. HIHR strives for social justice in the development of a sustainable society in Hawai'i .http://www.human-rights-hawaii.org/
Cultural Survival advocates for Indigenous Peoples' rights and supports Indigenous communities' self-determination, cultures and political resilience since 1972. For more information go to www.cs.org
Co-sponsored by:
North American Indian Center of Boston http://www.naicob.org/
Harvard University Native American Program http://hunap.harvard.edu/
Suffolk University Law School's Indigenous Peoples Rights Clinic http://www.suffolk.edu/law/academics/clinics/21857.php
Institute for New England Native American Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston
http://www.umb.edu/inenas
