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Special Rapporteur
Year Title Activity Country Special Rapporteur
2016 2030 Development Goals: “No one should be left behind, and no human right ignored” – UN experts  Press Release International Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2016 Development agenda at risk unless States honour political and financial commitments, UN experts warn Press Release International Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2016 IUCN World Conservation Congress – Honolulu (1-10 September)  Press Release International Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2016 Indigenous Peoples should establish and control their educational systems and institutions – UN experts  Press Release International Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2016 North Dakota: “Indigenous peoples must be consulted prior to oil pipeline construction” – UN expert  Press Release United States of America Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2016 Native Americans facing excessive force in North Dakota pipeline protests – UN expert  Press Release United States of America Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2016 Flint: Fundamentally about human rights – UN experts underline  Press Release United States of America Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2016 Indigenous peoples: UN expert condemns killing of rights defender Berta Cáceres in Honduras  Press Release Honduras Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2016 Guatemala: UN experts welcome judgment of two former military officials for crimes against humanity Press Release Guatemala Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2016 Ethiopia: UN experts call for international commission to help investigate systematic violence against protesters Press Release Ethiopia Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2016 El Salvador: “Hope for the victims” – UN experts welcome annulment of the Amnesty Law Press Release El Salvador Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2016 UN experts condemn string of Ecuador clampdowns on human rights organizations Press Release Ecuador Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2016 Canada must address root causes of extreme violence and discrimination against indigenous women – Rights experts Press Release Canada Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2016 End of Mission Statement by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Victoria Tauli Corpuz on her visit to Brazil Statement & Message Brazil Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2016 UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples announces follow-up visit to Brazil Press Release Brazil Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2016 Much remains to be done to respect the rights of indigenous peoples in Brazil – UN expert Press Release Brazil Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2016 A death foretold in Brazil – UN expert condemns indigenous peoples killings and urges an end to violence Press Release Brazil Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2016 Brazilian mine disaster – UN experts call for a timely resolution after the settlement suspension Press Release Brazil Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2016 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples on the human rights situation of the Sami people in the Sápmi region Country Visit Norway, Finland, Sweden Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2016 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples Country Visit Honduras Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2016 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples on her mission to Brazil Country Visit Brazil Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2016 International investment agreements, including bilateral investment treaties and investment chapters of free trade agreements Annual Thematic Report International Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2016 Conservation measures and their impact on indigenous peoples’ rights Annual Thematic Report International Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2015 Expert Testimony, Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) on the Case of Kaliña and Lokono Peoples vs. the Government of Suriname Expert Testimony Suriname Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2015 Statement by United Nations experts on the ECLAC’s negotiation of a regional instrument on environmental democracy  Statement & Message International Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2015 Joint statement by UN Special Procedures on the occasion of World Environment Day (5 June 2015) Statement & Message International Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2015 International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 9 August 2015 Statement & Message International Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2015 UN experts urge Latin America and the Caribbean to adopt trend-setting agreement on environmental democracy  Press Release International Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2015 New framework for Disaster Risk Reduction – UN experts urge move to effective action  Press Release International Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2015 UN experts voice concern over adverse impact of free trade and investment agreements on human rights  Press Release International Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2015 “As the Covenants turn 50, it is time to turn norms into action” – UN experts  Press Release International Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2015 UN rights expert to assess Sami people’s self-determination and land and resource rights  Press Release Sweden Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2015 Philippines: UN experts urge probe into killings of three Indigenous peoples’ rights defenders  Press Release Philippines Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2015 Indigenous peoples / Displacement: UN expert appalled at distortion of his views by Philippines Armed Forces  Press Release Philippines Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2015 Disaster risk reduction: “A new global strategy must cover indigenous persons with disabilities” – UN experts Press Release Japan Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2015 End-of-mission statement on Honduras by the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz  Statement & Message Honduras Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2015 Indigenous peoples: Human rights expert in first visit to Honduras Press Release Honduras Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2015 UN rights expert raises alarm on “the critical situation faced by indigenous peoples in Honduras”  Press Release Honduras Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2015 Finland / Indigenous peoples: New bill threatens Sami’s rights to their traditional lands and livelihood Press Release Finland Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2015 Land and resource rights are key to Sami people’s self-determination, UN rights expert says Press Release Finland Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2015 UN rights expert urges Brazil not to evict Guarani and Kaiowá indigenous peoples from their traditional lands Press Release Brazil Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2015 Belize Government’s recent actions show troubling disregard for Maya property rights, UN expert warns Press Release Belize Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2015 The situation of indigenous peoples in Paraguay Country Visit Paraguay Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2015 Rights of indigenous women and girls Annual Thematic Report International Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2015 Impact of international investment and free trade on the human rights of indigenous peoples Annual Thematic Report International Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2014 Statement of Ms. Victoria Tauli-Corpuz Special Rapporteur on the Rights of indigenous peoples Human Rights Council 30th Session Geneva, 22 September 2014 Statement & Message International Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2014 Justice still remains elusive for many indigenous peoples in many parts of the world  Statement & Message International Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2014 Indigenous peoples cannot be ‘deleted’ from the new global development goals, UN experts state  Press Release International Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2014 Human rights under increasing attack worldwide  Press Release International S. James Anaya
2014 USA: ‘Redskins’ Team mascot hurtful reminder of past suffering of Native Americans – UN rights expert Press Release United States of America S. James Anaya

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Data Source: United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner