Exploring Theme: "UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples"

NationTalk: (xʷməθkʷəyə̓m (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Territory/Vancouver, B.C. – This week, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (SRRIP), Francisco Calí Tzay met with various First Nations and Indigenous organisations in BC, including representatives of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, the Office of The Wet’suwet’en, former Chief of Neskonlith Indian Band,...

Guatemalan expert’s Canada visit ends, report expected in September CBC News: Despite positive measures taken by Canada, Indigenous people continue to face obstacles to fully enjoying their individual and collective human rights in this country, the United Nations special rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples says. José Francisco Calí Tzay delivered his preliminary findings...

NationTalk: Native Womens’s Association of Canada: Ottawa – UN Special Rapporteur José Francisco Calí Tzay received a mixed message about Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit, Trans and Gender-Diverse (WG2STGD+) People’s progress on human rights in Canada from the Native Women’s Association (NWAC) during a meeting yesterday, March 1. The good news is that Canada is making...

Visit will focus on MMIWG, unmarked burials at former residential schools, and implementing UNDRIP CBC News: For the first time since being appointed as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, José Francisco Calí Tzay is making an official visit to Canada. Calí Tzay, who is Mayan Kaqchikel from Guatemala, was appointed...