A-Z Site Index
Menu
  1. Recommendations Database
  2. Area of Work String: environment, indigenous women and girls
  3. Paragraph Number » Taxonomy term » Name: 67, 96
  4. Recommendations Database
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2
View

Addressee: Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people and Special Rapporteur on violence against women.

Paragraph Number: 96
Session: 9 (2010)
Full Text:

The Permanent Forum welcomes the decision of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people to monitor violence against indigenous women and girls in Canada, including missing and murdered indigenous women and girls, in accordance with his mandate. Furthermore, the Permanent Forum requests that the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people, as well as the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, address the situation of violence against indigenous women in the United States as well.

Area of Work: Indigenous Women and Girls
View

Addressee: Finland, Sweden, Norway

Paragraph Number: 67
Session: 8 (2009)
Full Text:

The Permanent Forum notes that various United Nations treaty bodies have repeatedly called on the Governments of Finland and Sweden to clarify and affirm the Sámi people’s rights to land and fishing, including hunting and reindeer grazing rights. The Forum urges Finland and Sweden to take action in accordance with these recommendations, without further delay. The Permanent Forum further calls on Norway to reach an agreement with the Sámi Parliament on the draft mineral act.

Area of Work: Environment