DECLARATION OF CHUSCHI. "1st meeting of the native communities of peoples and communities of watersheds high river Cachi and rangelands of Ayacucho"
We the Indigenous Peoples of the Pampas of Watersheds and Cachi River, have gathered at the event called: "I Encounter of communities peoples Originating and communities of watersheds high river Cachi and rangelands of Ayacucho", with active participation Communities of Chuschi, Quispillacta, Sarhua, Toto, The Morochucos, Federation of Agricultural District Chuschi, Front Defense Interests Cangallo and Agrarian Federation of Ayacucho (FADA).
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The UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples, James Anaya, expressed concern over information received about abuses against indigenous community Panamanian "Charco la Pava," affected by the construction of a hydroelectric. Anaya noted that the community was displaced from their land by force, lost their homes and crops were destroyed. In addition, condemned the excessive use of force and detention of those who opposed the construction of hydroelectric project, including women and children. |
"My role as Special Rapporteur is essentially to monitor the living conditions of these peoples throughout the world and carry out any action that is in my power to overcome any obstacles that impede the full enjoyment of human rights of indigenous peoples", said Anaya.
Photo: James Anaya, Human Rights Rapporteur PPII UN
The Coordinator of Indigenous Peoples of Panama (COONAPIP).
From the website of the High Commissioner for Human Rights at:
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The significance of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
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The High Court has ruled Aborigines control more than 80 per cent of the Northern Territory coast, ending a 30-year battle for indigenous rights to the sea. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd called for calm following the landmark ruling, which has massive implications for Aboriginal people, governments and the fishing industry. It means traditional owners - from the East Alligator River in the Van Diemen Gulf to the Roper River in the Limmen Bight - have the power to exclude fishermen from the inter-tidal zone. |
They will control where and when commercial and recreational fishing is carried out but not catch-sizes or limits. "It is a landmark victory for traditional owners and we have waited for over 30 years for our sea rights to be legally recognized", said Northern Land Council (NLC) chairman Wali Wunungmurra.
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The Committee of Human rights constituted by advisers Huáscar Cabanillas and Cristine Irwin was the ones in charge to fulfill this historical task.
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The congressman quechua Hilaria Supa in the company of indigenous representatives from different parts of the continent. Hilaria Supa with Cristine Irwin and Huáscar Cabanillas in the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples of the United Nations that took place from April 21 to May 2, 2008 in New York.
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Congressmen Hilaria Supa, Maria Sumire and Miro Ruiz and the members of Habitat Pro Association in the Office of the Peruvian Mission of the United Nations. Luis Enrique Chávez President of the Work Group, that he lead to the approval of the Declaration on Rights of the Indigenous Peoples, the President of the Mission, Mr. Jorge Vote-Vernal and the Lic. Romi Tincopa warmly received the visitors.
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Hilaria Supa representative quechua in the Congress of Peru, chatting with the ambassador Luis Enrique Chavez who was Chairman of the Working Group that carried out the text and negotiations for the adoption of the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on 13 September 2007 in the General Assembly.
The arrival of Congressmen indigenous to the Permanent Forum is a historical fact and the coordination of work of this important task was carried out by Huáscar Cabanillas Cristine Irwin and Human Rights activists and collaborators of the HABITAT PRO ASSOCIATION.
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Dr. Miguel Ibáñez. Profesor Principal de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Committee Member of the Decade of Indigenous Peoples. UN. The installation of the government of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in Australia was framed by two important aspects: first, the end of the controversial 12-year period minister John Howard, and second, a request for forgiveness for the years of hardship and crime committed by the state indigenous peoples and the indignity and degradation perpetrated on a people and a culture full of pride, and mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters, to break families and communities. (see speak) |
Mick Tsikas/Reuters. New York Times. 13 feb 2008.
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The right to have indigenous languages recognized in constitutions and laws; The right to maintain personal names, place names and the proper names of their languages.
International Expert Group on Indigenous languages ratification: The right to keep and use their own language, that indigenous languages recognized in the constitutions and laws. In addition to maintaining personal names, place names and the names of their own languages, and to receive education in their mother tongue (either in schools or in their own schools), confirms Secretariat Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. United Nations 8 to 10 Juanuary 2008, New York.
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International Women's Day 2008: Investing in Women and Girls.
The Secretary-General presents Campaign to stop violence against women before the Commission on the Status of Women. |
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