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Chief George Manuel Memorial Indigenous Library

Report on the Second Group Meeting held between the Sub-Committee of the Bangladesh Government Commission and the Jana Samhati Samiti

September 21, 2017
Categories: News & Politics,

Topics discussed in the second meeting included for main subjects: Constitutional recognition of the ethnic entity of the Jumma People, formation of an Apex Body in the Chittagong Hill Tracts…

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Report on the First Group Meeting held between the Sub-Committee of the Bangladesh Government Commission and the Jana Samhati Samiti

September 21, 2017
Categories: News & Politics,

Topics discussed in the first group meeting included, recognition of Ethnic Entities should be guaranteed constitutionally, the formation of the APEX BODY in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, land rights should…

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Costa Rica, Hydro-Electric Development and the Indigenous Populations

September 21, 2017
Categories: News & Politics,

Paper discussing the financial situation of Costa Rica in the 1980’s. Possible courses of action for stability at the time included, decreasing Costa Rica’s dependence upon imported products, secure new…

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Review of Developments Pertaining to the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous Populations, including Economic and Social Relations between Indigenous Peoples and States: Netherlands

September 21, 2017
Categories: News & Politics,

The following text constitutes the summary, conclusions and recommendations submitted by the Advisory Committee on Human Rights and Foreign Policy to the Ministers for Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation of…

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A submission made on behalf of the Jumma Nation

September 21, 2017
Categories: News & Politics,

Suggestions and requests by the Jumma people to set standards for Indigenous people. Discussion about the poor treatment of the Jumma Nation in the Chittagong Hill Tracts Region that was…

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Jumma Representative’s s Statement on the Treatment of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Regions

September 21, 2017
Categories: News & Politics,

The Jumma Representative’s statement on the precarious situation of the Jumma people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Region of Bangladesh. Poor treatment by the Bangladesh Army involving rape, torture, religious…

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Annotations to the Provisional Agenda: Eleventh Session

September 21, 2017
Categories: United Nations,

Provisional Agenda: election of officers, adoptions of the agenda, organization of the work of the session, standard-setting activities, review of developments, and consideration of the second progress report.

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Discrimination Against Indigenous Peoples: Report of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations on it twelfth session

September 21, 2017
Categories: United Nations,

Evolution of standards concerning the rights of Indigenous peoples. Review of developments pertaining to the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms of Indigenous peoples. Consideration of the…

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Discrimination Against Indigenous Peoples: Report of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations on its eleventh session

September 21, 2017
Categories: United Nations,

Evolution of standards concerning the rights of Indigenous peoples. Review of the developments pertaining to the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms on Indigenous populations. Study of…

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Question of the Human Rights of All Persons Subjected to Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment, In Particular: Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

September 21, 2017
Categories: United Nations,

Letter directed to the United Nations regarding military abuse toward the Chittagong Hill people and how that abuse is against the principles of the declaration on Human Rights. Also included…

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