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A Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Indigenous Advocacy

José Francisco Calí Tzay

Expert testimony to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the case of the Maya Kaqchikel Indigenous Peoples of Sumpango and Others vs. Guatemala

Indigenous Advocacy

Indigenous peoples and coronavirus disease (COVID-19) recovery

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples

The University of Arizona Law’s Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy (IPLP) Program is honored to be hosting the mandate of United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, José Francisco Calí Tzay, for his three-year UN General Assembly appointed term. This is the second time IPLP has been asked to host the UN Special Rapporteur's mandate, having supported former University of Arizona Law Regents Professor James Anaya, who served as Special Rapporteur from 2008-2014.

José Francisco Calí Tzay

Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples & Lecturer in Law and Associate Director, IPLP Human Rights Clinical Programs

United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples mandate

About the Mandate

Former Mandate Holders

Call for Inputs

Call for Inputs for the country visit to Canada

Deadline:

Wed, Feb 1 2023

Call for Inputs for the country visit to Denmark and Greenland

Deadline:

Sun, Jan 15 2023

Call for inputs on upcoming country visit to United Republic of Tanzania (15 to 22 December 2022)

Deadline:

Mon, Dec 5 2022

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United Nations Special Rapporteur Country Visit & Communications Dashboard

Country Visits & Communications

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UNDRIP voting status by countries

UNDRIP Voting Status

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Regional Human Rights Systems

Regional Human Rights Systems

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Kichwa Peoples vs. State of Ecuador

The Kichwa Peoples Land Defense of Sarayaku

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The Right To Establish Media, Guatemala

Indigenous peoples have the right to establish their own media

Ogiek

Ogiek Ancestral Land

The fight to return home

News

indigenous women

A/HRC/51/28: Indigenous women and the development, application, preservation and transmission of scientific and technical knowledge - Report

indigenous protected areas

A/77/238 Protected areas and indigenous peoples' rights: the obligations of States and international organizations

Jose Francisco Cali Tzay

A/HRC/51/28/Add.1 Visit to Costa Rica - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples

Recent Activities

UN expert on Indigenous Peoples’ rights to visit Denmark and Greenland

Prof. José Francisco Calí Tzay

2023 | Press Release

Denmark, Greenland

Mexico: Government and business must address negative impacts of Train Maya project, say UN experts

Prof. José Francisco Calí Tzay

2022 | Press Release

Mexico

Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework: Urgent need to protect nature and human rights, say UN experts

Prof. José Francisco Calí Tzay

2022 | Press Release

International

Bangladesh: UN expert concerned about non-implementation of Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord

Prof. José Francisco Calí Tzay

2022 | Press Release

Bangladesh

COP27: Urgent need to respect human rights in all climate change action, say UN experts

Prof. José Francisco Calí Tzay

2022 | Statement & Message

International

Human Rights Council Concludes Fifty-First Regular Session after Adopting 41 Texts

Prof. José Francisco Calí Tzay

2022 | Press Release

International

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