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Calendar of international meetings in 2010
International meetings dealing with indigenous issues


IWGIA has compiled a list of international meetings in 2010 dealing with indigenous peoples' human rights. Most of the meetings listed here are organized by international human rights bodies, but other kinds of international meetings focusing on policies with implications for indigenous peoples' rights situation will be included as well. For example meetings on environmental issues, climate change, etc.

Meetings and seminars organized by IWGIA are also included in the list. 





MonthMeetingPlace 
January
 
 
February
March


April
19 - 30 April
Ninth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous
Issues
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UN Headquarters,
New York
May
12 - 26 May
47th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples'
Rights
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Banjul, The Gambia

June
31 may –11th June
UNFCCC Climate Change Talks
Bonn, Germany
July
12 - 16 July
Expert mechanism on the rights of indigenous peoples, 3rd Session

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United Nations,
Geneva,
Switzerland
August
02Aug -06 Aug.
The thirteen session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments
for Annex I Parties of the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP 13)
and the eleventh sessions of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term
Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA 11).
Bonn, Germany
September
October
One week - dates to be decided
AWG-KP 14 & AWG-LCA 12

China, city to be decided
November

10 - 24 November
48th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples'
Rights

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29 Nov -10 Dec
UNFCCC meetings (COP 16)/ (CMP 6)

To be decided




Cancún, Mexico
December
29 Nov -10 Dec
UNFCCC meetings:
16th Conference of the Parties (COP 16)/ 6th Conference of the Parties
serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 6)
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Cancún, Mexico

 

You can also go to the following websites to get more information about events and meetings:

  UN events - calendar
  OHCHR org
  ACHPR org
  scm.oas.org
  Tebtebba's overview of UN and CBD meetings