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
