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09.09.14
September 9,2014 HELENA, Mont. ─ A UN Committee focused on eliminating race discrimination globally remains concerned that the United States continues to fall far short on protecting American Indian and Alaska Native women.The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination released its...
10.21.13
(Helena, Mont.) -- The Indian Law Resource Center and the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center (NIWRC) have launched the first videos in a new campaign to raise awareness of and help end violence against Native women and girls. The campaign is two-fold, featuring a series of “Survivor...
10.11.13
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 11, 2013WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Timbisha Shoshone tribal leaders filed two administrative appeals today to stop a vote on a proposed new constitution scheduled for Nov. 4, 2013. The proposed constitution would revoke the existing Constitution adopted by the Tribe in 1986...
06.10.13
31 de Mayo de 2013 Para su difusión inmediataPor Armstrong Wiggins "La vida, la libertad y la búsqueda de la felicidad" son para todas las personas. Estos son los principios que espero el Secretario de Estado John Kerry recuerde al participar en el 43 º Período de Sesiones de la Asamblea General...
05.31.13
>> Ver en EspañolMay 31, 2013For immediate ReleaseBy Armstrong Wiggins“Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness,” is due all people. These are the principles that I hope Secretary of State John Kerry remembers as he participates at the 43rd session of the General Assembly of the...
05.21.13
► ESPAÑOLNEW YORK - A representative of the more than 10,000 Maya Achi Indians displaced or injured during the construction of Guatemala's Chixoy Dam joined with the Indian Law Resource Center this week to call for accountability for human rights abuses associated with large-scale development...
05.01.13
► CARTA EN ESPAÑOL ► RESPUESTA EN ESPANOL Read the response by the Secretary of State's Office Unwelcome development projects in Maya communities in Guatemala along with the lack of protection for indigenous peoples’ human rights, rights of self-determination, and control over lands, territories...
10.17.12
Traducción oficial al españolOctober 17, 2012Contact: Lorena Vacaemail: lvaca@indianlaw.org+1-202-547-2800, ext. 101 Washington, D.C.— The Indian Law Resource Center is deeply concerned about the State of Guatemala’s violent response to the Maya K’iche’ people’s peaceful protest on October 4, 2012...
09.05.12
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 5, 2012For more information contact:Ginny Underwood (405) 229-7210email: gunderwood@indianlaw.org(Helena, Mont.) -- The Indian Law Resource Center released a new short video this week urging lawmakers to reauthorize a stronger version of the Violence Against Women...
11.01.11
Senate Committe on Indian Affairs Press Release:SENATOR DANIEL K. AKAKA INTRODUCES BILL TO PROTECT NATIVE WOMEN AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULTThe Stand Against Violence and Empower Native Women (SAVE Native Women) Act would empower Tribes to prosecute violent crimes and improve...
08.18.11
August 18, 2011WASHINGTON, D.C. -- An international human rights body has done something that federal courts, including the United States Supreme Court, failed to do -- bring justice to a domestic violence survivor.“This decision is important for Native women who face the highest rates of sexual...
08.17.11
Traducción oficial al españolAugust 22, 2011Washington, D.C.— A small indigenous community, seeking protection for their land and human rights, filed a petition on August 19 against Guatemala with an international human rights body.Agua Caliente, a Maya Q’eqchi’ indigenous community of 385 people...
07.08.11
Traducción oficial al españolFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 14, 2011Contact: Lorena Vacaemail: lvaca@indianlaw.org+1-202-547-2800, ext. 101 Washington, D.C.— The highest court in Guatemala made a precedent setting decision nearly six months ago that should have launched a wave of change nationwide for...
02.07.11
Comunicado de Prensa en españolFebruary 7, 2011WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Escalating violence between the Rapa Nui indigenous communities and the Chilean government on Rapa Nui Island, also known as "Easter Island," has led to action by an international human rights body.The Inter-American Commission on...
02.04.11
February 2, 2011by Terri Henry*CHEROKEE, N.C. -- It was with great honor that my nation, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, hosted the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, Ms. Rashida Manjoo. Her visit to Cherokee was spurred by the concern that American Indian and...
01.29.11
UPDATE | 2 June 2011An advanced copy of the Special Rapporteur's report is now available via this link. The Rapporteur is scheduled to present the report to the UN Human Rights Council on Friday June 3.CHEROKEE, N.C. -- At 64 years-old, Matilda Black Bear, better known as Tillie, refers to...
01.21.11
JANUARY 27, 2011 - VISIT DELAYED DUE TO WEATHER (EXPECTED TO START ON JANUARY 28) An updated agenda is available hereJanuary 21, 2011CHEROKEE, N.C. -- A United Nations expert on women’s human rights is investigating why Native women face the highest rates of sexual and physical assault of any...
01.13.11
January 12, 2011The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples has expressed to the Government of Chile his concern over the evictions and violent clashes, and the threat of future evictions, against members of the Rapa Nui peoples on Easter Island, Chile. The Rapa Nui...
12.30.10
December 30, 2010WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Violence on Rapa Nui Island, also known as "Easter Island," continues to escalate and the international community needs to pay attention, according to experts at the Indian Law Resource Center.On December 29, 2010, Chilean armed police began another round of...
12.16.10
December 16, 2010Today, the United States government at last officially endorsed the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and joined the international community in recognizing that American Indians and other indigenous peoples have a permanent right to exist as peoples, nations,...