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Indigenous Rights Radio Producer Shaldon Ferris interviews Vicky Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, about the Dakota Access Pipeline. Vicky describes the central tensions underlying the current conflict, and details the opportunities for recourse available to the Standing Rock Sioux tribe through both local and international governing bodies.

Credits:
Interview with Vicky Tauli-Corpuz
Production by Shaldon Ferris

Music:
"Danum", by Salidumayy DKK

IRR Producer Shaldon Ferris reports on the official statement by Vicky Tauli-Copruz, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, concerning the threat of the Dakota Access Pipeline to the Standing Rock Sioux tribe.

UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Vicky Tauli-Corpuz discusses the challenges faced by Indigenous peoples in protecting their claim to ancestral lands in the face of government-sanctioned landgrabbing in the name of conservation.

Music: Melodies of Nepal, by classical Instrumental band Sur Sudha

Vicky Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, discusses with IRR Producer Shaldon Ferris the high rate of imprisonment of Australian Aboriginal individuals that she observed in her official visit to Australia. Disproportionate criminalization of Aboriginal people is evidence of systemic, structural inequality in Australia.

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Song: "YAWLICHALLAY" by Luis Cisneros. Used with permission.

Vicky Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, says she has found an inadequate process of consultation with Indigenous communities on the part of the national government during her visit to Honduras, where she was recently invited for a working visit to comment on a draft of a law regulating Free, Prior and Informed Consent. Indigenous Hondurans do not feel that they were adequately consulted on the content of the law. Further, the law does not meet widely accepted international standards of F.P.I.C.

Vicky Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, visited several states in Mexico to report on progress made in areas of Indigenous rights since her predecessor's trip to the country in 2003. Though the Mexican government has not fulfilled the majority of recommendations made by the former UNSR, Tauli-Corpuz notes the empowerment of autonomous municipalities since 2003 as an improvement over previous years.

This year's theme for conversations at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues was "Indigenous Peoples Collective Rights to Lands and Resources". Victoria Tauli-Corpuz (Igorot Kankanaey, Philippines), UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Issues, says that the theme connects to many important conversations happening now in the world, including the threat that extractive industries pose to resources located on Indigenous-owned territories.

Vicky Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, conducted an official visit to Guatemala, a country where 61 to 65% of population identify as Indigenous. Shaldon Ferris interviewed her about her visit.

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"Whispers" by Ziibiwan. Used with permission.
Indigenous Rights Radio Intro track features "Burn your Village to the Ground" by @a-tribe-called-red. Used with permission.

A short update on current events from around the world on the topic of Indigenous Rights.

PRODUCTION
Shaldon Ferris (KhoiSan)

En este spot te damos a conocer la Declaración sobre los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas. Esta declaración creó compromiso de los Estados en el cumplimiento de los Derechos Indígenas. Por ello te invitamos a conocerla y promoverla en tu radio comunitaria.

Quieres conocer qué es el Foro Permanente para las Cuestiones Indígenas de Naciones Unidas y en qué nos beneficia como Pueblos Indígenas? En este Spot te lo explicamos.

ForoPermanenteDerechosIndígenasONU

En este spot te contamos sobre los reportes y recomendaciones que cada año los 16 miembros del Foro Permanente para las cuestiones  Indígenas de la ONU hacen a los Estados al rededor del mundo y a las agencias de Naciones Unidas sobre la situación de  Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas. 

Las recomendaciones del Foro Permanente para cuestiones Indígenas de la ONU no son una forma de forzar a los gobiernos para que cumplan con ellas, pero desde nuestras radios y diversos medios como Pueblos Indígenas necesitamos promover y circular las recomendaciones para que nuestros gobiernos sepan que no estamos solos y que tenemos atención y  apoyo por parte de este cuerpo de Naciones Unidas.

Sabes quién es la Relatora Especial sobre Derechos de Pueblos Indígenas de la ONU, y cuál es su papel dentro de Naciones Unidas? En este Spot te lo contamos, además te damos su contacto para que le informes si algo no va bien en tu comunidad en el buen ejercicio de tus Derechos Indígenas.
indigenous@ohchr.org 

Sabías que la Relatora Especial sobre Derecho de los Pueblos Indígenas puede visitar nuestro país para conocer de cerca la situación de nuestros Derechos Indígenas y usar su reporte para hacernos escuchar delante nuestros Estados? Escucha este Spot donde te damos mayores detalles.

Luego que la Relatora Especial sobre Derecho de los Pueblos Indígenas ha visitado nuestro país podemos dar seguimiento a su visita y recomendaciones brindadas a nuestros gobiernos, en este Spot te diremos cómo.

El Mecanismo de Experto sobre Derechos de Pueblos Indígenas? No sabes cuál es su función? Escucha y comparte este Spot donde te contamos su papel en la Defensa de los Derechos Indígenas.

El acceso a la justicia fue uno de los estudios que el Mecanismo de Experto sobre los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas en Naciones Unidas, conoce más sobre estos estudios escuchando y compartiendo este Spot.

Para hacer buen uso de los Cuerpos de Naciones Unidas sobre Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas y para la garantía de estos, debemos estar informados y organizados, por ello te invitamos a escuchar este Spot.

El Foro Político de Alto Nivel de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible fue establecido  en el año 2012. Desde entonces el El Foro se reúne cada año durante ocho días. ¿Sabe de qué se trata el Foro político de alto nivel de las naciones unidas?  ¿Sabe qué son los ODS?

Musicalización:
- Música de Introducción
“Burn Your Village to the Ground” por A Tribe Called Red. Usado con permiso.
- Música de fondo
Tema de la agrupación Awak Taki.  Usado con permiso

The world will indeed be a poorer place without the languages and cultures of Indigenous Peoples.
So it is necessary to celebrate and promote Indigenous Languages, thereby improving the lives of the peoples who speak the languages.
Producer:  Shaldon Ferris (KhoiSan, South Africa)

Interview: Kaimana Barcase, Hawaii and Denver Breda, South Africa.

Music : Whispers by Ziibiwan, used with permission.

Picture:  A man plays a Khwe finger piano, West Caprivi Strip. Photo by Julie Taylor 2007, Courtesy of Cultural Survival

The  18th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues ran from  22 of April until 3 May 2019.
The theme was Traditional knowledge: Generation, transmission and protection.
This program is about the the importance of Indigenous languages in the digital era.

Producer:  Shaldon Ferris (KhoiSan, South Africa)
Sound Clip: Alili Kiskitalo (Sami), Co-chair of IYIL steering committee.
Music : Whispers, by Ziibiwan, used with permission.

The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is the UN’s central body dedicated to all matters relating to the rights of the approximately 370 million Indigenous Peoples around the World.
In 2019, The 18th session of the Forum in New York will highlight the year that has been declared the International Year of Indigenous Languages.
Cultural Survival's Avexnim Cojti spoke to Richard Grounds from the Yuchi Nation, who tells us how this commemoration came about.

This radio program  is part of a series of programs produced by Indigenous Rights Radio, to commemorate the International Year of Indigenous Languages, 2019. In this program, we showcase the Newar Indigenous Language which is called, Nepal-Bhasa. The Newar are one of the 59 Indigenous Peoples recognized so far by the government of Nepal. They are the original habitants of Kathmandu valley, the capital city of modern Nepal. The Newar people have diversity in terms of religion, rituals and culture, but share one common language. 

Naro is spoken by the Ncao Khwe , which means the red people, sometimes referred to as the San people of Botswana.
This program provides a sound clip of Naro, and gives some information about the Indigenous People who speak the language.

PRODUCTION
Shaldon Ferris (KhoiSan)
Indigenous Rights Radio Intro track features "Burn your Village to the Ground" by @a-tribe-called-red. Used with permission.
Music: Lights in the Forest by Yarina. Used with permission.