The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (DRIP)
Mini-seminar: Professor James Anaya, University of Arizona, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous Peoples
Mini-seminar: The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (DRIP)
Place: University of Tromsø, Aud.3, Teorifagbygget
Time: 23. November 2010, 12:00
1200 – 1215: Welcome by Dean Hege Brækhus, Faculty of Law and Vice Dean of Research, Hans Kr. Hernes, Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education
1215 – 1300: Professor James Anaya, University of Arizona, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous Peoples: The last development in relation to DRIP, and the legal and political significance of DRIP in relation to existing international legal obligations to indigenous peoples.
1300 – 1315: Coffee break
1315 – 1345: Professor Malgosia Fitzmaurice, University of London: The legal and political significance of the declaration; how would DRIP complement existing international legal obligations to indigenous peoples.
1345 – 1430: Comments from invited speakers (tba)
1430 – 1500: Questions/debate
Links:
* United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (A/RES/61/295)
* The UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
* Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people
Organizers: Faculty of Law in collaboration with the Centre for Sami Studies and the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education
