Name: 17th meeting: Annual panel discussion on the rights of indigenous peoples
Start: 2020-09-23T16:00:00+0200
End: 2020-09-23T18:00:00+0200

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17th meeting: Annual panel discussion on the rights of indigenous peoples

Panel half-day panel discussion on the rights of indigenous peoples, on the theme Protection of indigenous human rights defenders

Accessible to persons with disabilities through international sign language and live captioning: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-UNOG

A/HRC/RES/18/8, A/HRC/RES/39/13, A/HRC/RES/42/19, A/HRC/45/22, A/HRC/45/NI/6, A/HRC/45/NI/7

Chair:
H.E. Mr.Yackoley Kokou Johnson, Vice-President of the Human Rights Council

Opening statement:
Ms. Nada Al-Nashif, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights

Panellists:

Ms. Aida Quilcue Vivas, Indigenous woman from the Nasa peoples of Colombia and Human Rights Counselor of the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (video message)
Mr. Andrew Anderson, Executive Director of Front Line Defenders (video message)
Ms. Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Indigenous woman from the Kankanaey Igorot peoples of the Cordillera Region of the Philippines and former Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples (video message)
Mr. Joseph Itongwa, Président du conseil d’administration du Réseau des Peuples autochtones pour la gestion durable des écosystèmes forestiers en République démocratique du Congo et Directeur de l’Alliance Nationale d'Appui et de Promotion des Aires et territoires conservés par les peuples autochtones et communautés locales en République démocratique du Congo (video message)