The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Ms. Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, in cooperation with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), has initiated the preparation of her next thematic report on criminalisation and attacks against indigenous peoples defending their rights under human rights treaties and the United Nations Declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples. The report will specifically consider the collective impact on indigenous communities and consider the design of prevention and protection measures. This report will be presented to the United Nations Human Rights Council in September 2018.

Building on numerous recent initiatives undertaken by indigenous peoples, civil society actors as well as by the Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders, the Special Rapporteur wishes to focus her report on the specific experiences and challenges faced by indigenous peoples. Concrete steps taken by different stakeholders to prevent attacks and provide collective protection measures will be explored with a view to identify proposals for action.

Attached is a Concept Note providing more information about the upcoming report.

Within the context of the preparation of this report, you are encouraged to submit your inputs by 16 March 2018.

Kindly submit a summary of maximum 5 pages of the situation/cases you wish to submit for the consideration of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, indicating the subject ‘Criminalisation report 2018’ in the subject heading to; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Source: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/IPeoples/SRIndigenousPeoples/Pages/HRDefenders.aspx