Event Details April 27, 2021 14:00-15:30 (CET TIME) | 8-9:30 (NEW YORK) Watch recorded video There is an immediate need to protect indigenous territories as land rights are under siege and conflicts are rising. In 2021, the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues launched a new global report on Rights to Lands, Territories, and Resources that examines successful practices, continuing obstacles, and proposed strategies to realize indigenous peoples’ rights to lands, territories, and resources. The side event is built around key critical areas of the report and the discussion will be oriented to understand current trends and explore concrete opportunities to scale-up political and financial support to realize indigenous peoples’ rights to lands, territories and resources. PROGRAMME: Moderator: Joan Carling, Indigenous Peoples’ Rights International, (IPRI) Anne Nuorgam – Chair UNPFIl Highlights on key findings of the UNPFIl report, The State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples: “Rights to Lands, Territories and Resources”. TERRITORIAL GOVERNANCE, SELF-DETERMINATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES: Vicky Tauli – Corpuz Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) Natural resource exploitation and conservation on indigenous peoples’ lands and territories Jens Dahl – former member of the UNPFIl Territorial Governance & Self-Determination STRATEGIC LOBBYING AND LITIGATION TO INFLUENCE REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL BODIES/MECHANISMS Gam Shimray – Asian Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) Evidence-based advocacy to advance indigenous peoples’ land rights Daniel Kobei – Ogiek Peoples Development Programme (OPDP) Indigenous peoples’ participation and influence in regional mechanisms Lucy Claridge – Forest Peoples Progamme (FPP) The role of strategic litigation INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND YOUTH ROLE IN PROTECTING THEIR LANDS, TERRITORIES AND RESOURCES Hindou Oumarou – member of UNPFIl Indigenous women land rights Luz Marina Lopez- Red de Jovenes America Latina The role of youth defending their territories
