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This webinar will share Indigenous Peoples’ work to defend their Environmental Health and halt Environmental Violence during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond. It will also highlight how environmental degradation in Indigenous Peoples’ homelands has contributed to critical health vulnerabilities.
PANELISTS:
- Introduction: Andrea Carmen, Yaqui, IITC Executive Director
- Urgent Update from Chairman Julian Bear Runner, Oglala Lakota Nation, on the Tribal Nations’ Checkpoints in South Dakota USA
- UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Francisco Cali Tzay: Questionnaire on impacts of COVID-19 impacts for Indigenous Peoples
- Tai Pelli, International Relations and Human Rights Officer, United Confederation of Taino People (UCTP), Caribbean Region
- Taily Terena, Terena Nation, National Council on Indigenous Women, Brazil
- Lucy Mulenkei, Maasai, Executive Director, Indigenous Information Network, Kenya
- Manny Pino, Acoma Pueblo, Laguna Acoma Coalition for a Safe Environment and the Indigenous Environmental Network
- Rochelle Diver, Lake Superior Ojibwe, IITC Environmental Health Program Coordinator
- Questions from participants
Moderator, Roberto Borrero, United Confederation of Taino People
Please click on https://www.iitc.org/wp-content/uploads/REV3-FINAL.pdf to download a training handout on making effective submissions to UN Human Rights bodies
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