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A/HRC/33/61: Interlinkages between recognition, justice and development – report

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This is a summary of the report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its seventeenth and eighteenth sessions, prepared pursuant to Council resolutions 9/14, 18/28 and 27/25. During its seventeenth session, held in Geneva from 23 to 27 November 2015, the Working Group held private discussions. Its eighteenth session, held in Geneva from 11 to 15 April 2016, focused on the theme of “Interlinkages between recognition, justice and development”.

“Take action! Being silent is dangerous.”

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Charlene Apok believes there are many obstacles facing indigenous peoples when they try to advocate for their rights at an international level. “This system was not made for us,” she said. Apok, a member of the Iñupiaq tribe in the USA, was a recent UN Human Rights Office Indigenous Fellow.

Activists focus on health as a human right for indigenous peoples

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Indigenous communities across the globe are facing a health care crisis, where the lack of access to health care has resulted in a rise in illnesses and even suicides. “It’s an epidemic facing so many indigenous communities,” said Dr. Hannah McGlade, Senior Indigenous Fellow for the UN Human Rights Office.