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UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Joins UArizona Law Faculty

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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

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Country Visits & Communications

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UNDRIP voting status by countries

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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

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Ogiek Ancestral Land

The fight to return home

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Professor Williams is a featured speaker, alongside UA Professor Stephanie Russo Carrol and IPLP alumni Gabe Galanda and Michelle cook, for the Teaching Truth to Power: Critical Race Theory Summer School, taking place online July 18-22

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Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program expresses concern over the alleged arrest of an Indigenous leader during social protests in Ecuador

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While the state legal system is punitive, the indigenous peoples' legal system is restorative

Call for Inputs

Call For Inputs from the Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples for his Report to be Presented at the 51st Session of the Human Rights Council

Deadline:

Wed, Apr 13 2022

Call For Inputs from the Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples for his Report “Protected Areas and Indigenous Peoples' Rights: the Obligations of States and International Organizations”

Deadline:

Wed, Apr 13 2022

Virtual consultation on Indigenous Women and the Development, Application, Preservation and Transmission of Scientific Knowledge

Deadline:

Fri, Mar 11 2022

Recent Activities

UN expert praises older women’s resilience in the face of ongoing emergency challenges

Prof. José Francisco Calí Tzay

2022 | Statement & Message

International

Brazil: UN experts call for peaceful elections

Prof. José Francisco Calí Tzay

2022 | Press Release

Brazil

Visit to Costa Rica – Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples

Prof. José Francisco Calí Tzay

2022 | Country Visit

Costa Rica

Protected areas and indigenous peoples’ rights: the obligations of States and international organizations - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples

Prof. José Francisco Calí Tzay

2022 | Annual Thematic Report

International

Indigenous women and the development, application, preservation and transmission of scientific and technical knowledge

Prof. José Francisco Calí Tzay

2022 | Annual Thematic Report

International

Sri Lanka: UN human rights experts condemn repeated use of emergency measures to crackdown on protests

Prof. José Francisco Calí Tzay

2022 | Press Release

Sri Lanka

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