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The Permanent Forum recommends that the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research and other relevant United Nations agencies and offices provide necessary information and training on the universal periodic review process for and with indigenous peoples.
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OHCHR reports: 4. The Forum recommended that OHCHR, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research and other relevant United Nations agencies and offices provide necessary information and training on the universal periodic review process for and with indigenous peoples.8 The Office participated, in September 2008, in a training session organized by the Indigenous Peoples’ Centre for Documentation, Research and Information, during the Indigenous Peoples’ Global Caucus which preceded the first session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, to inform participants about the mandate of the Office regarding the universal periodic review process and the place and role of the review mechanism vis-à-vis existing international human rights mechanisms. At the invitation of the African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies, and with a specific focus on how non-governmental organizations can contribute to the review process, the Office gave a similar briefing session to African non-governmental organizations, including indigenous peoples’ organizations and national human rights institutions, which gathered for three days at the NGO Forum prior to the forty-fourth ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, held in November 2008. The Office also introduced a training module on the universal periodic review for the indigenous representatives participating in the OHCHR fellowship programmes. Full information on the review can be found on the OHCHR website.
UNITAR's report provide several information regarding its trainings for and with indigenous peoples
Final Report of UNPFII Session 7 (2008)
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