SAMI SELF-DETERMINATION<br> LAND, RESOURCES AND TRADITIONAL LIVELIHOODS SELF-DETERMINATION AND THE MEDIA.
SAMI SELF-DETERMINATION AUTONOMY AND SELF-GOVERNMENT: EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND CULTURE
SAMI SELF-DETERMINATION. AUTONOMY AND ECONOMY – THE AUTHORITY AND AUTONOMY OF THE SÁMEDIGGI IN THE HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES SECTOR
Indigenous Children’s Education as Linguistic Genocide and a Crime Against Humanity? A Global View
The Convention on the Rights of the Child and Sámi children in Norway
 
 
 
 
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, James Anaya
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people
State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

 
News records

26.09.2008 SWEDEN: Sami Community Demands Wind Power Profits
26.09.2008 ARCTIC REGION: High North on American Election Agenda
26.09.2008 MALAYSIA: Race Relations Act Will Change Little - Critics
25.09.2008 Chile has Now Ratified ILO Convention 169
25.09.2008 Australia: Indigenous Youth More Likely to Die than Non-Indigenous
25.09.2008 BOLIVIA: Morales Cites "Evidence" of U.S. Meddling
25.09.2008 BRAZIL: Amazon Art Institute Helps Recover Indigenous Roots
25.09.2008 CANADA: Ministers Want to Improve Indigenous Education
25.09.2008 NEW ZEALAND: Maori Win Record Land Claim
24.09.2008 DEVELOPMENT: Poverty Reduction Claims Under Scrutiny
24.09.2008 MEDIA: Lula a "Tireless Advocate" for the Poor and Landless
24.09.2008 CLIMATE CHANGE: Andean Farmers Yearn for Warmer Climate
24.09.2008 LATIN AMERICA: Native Groups Express Solidarity with Bolivian Leader
24.09.2008 RUSSIA: Gazprom and Yamal-Nenets Area Sign Cooperation Agreement
24.09.2008 NEW ZEALAND: Mapping of The Past
24.09.2008 CANADA: Crystal Shawanda, Eagle & Hawk top nominees for Aboriginal Music Awards
24.09.2008 INDIGENOUS HEALTH: Stroke Prevalence Higher, Deadlier Among American Indians
24.09.2008 BOLIVIA: Morales Slams U.S. at UN
22.09.2008 INDIGENOUS SPORTS: Cathy Goes for Good Health
22.09.2008 UN DECLARATION: Increasing Frustration over Govt. Failure in Australia
22.09.2008 AUSTRALIA: Lennon helps Whaledreamers
22.09.2008 INDIGENOUS MEDIA: General Election From Maori Perspective
22.09.2008 CANADA: Violence Again Women Ongoing Problem
21.09.2008 INDIA/AUSTRALIA: Sticking to Uranium Export Ban - For Now
21.09.2008 Warhol Picasso Portrait and Indigenous Art on Auction
21.09.2008 CANADA Indigenous Issues Missing From Election Campaign
20.09.2008 INDIGENOUS HEALTH: The mystery of MS
20.09.2008 Maori a ´model of success´ for Alaska
20.09.2008 AUSTRALIA: Indigenous Elders to Meet on Murray Quotas
19.09.2008 PERU: New Uncontacted Tribes Campaign Launched Worldwide
19.09.2008 POLITICS: U.S. Ties to Bolivian Opposition "Shrouded in Secrecy"
19.09.2008 UN Deplores Anti-Indigenous Violence In Bolivia
18.09.2008 Divided Kingdom in Panama
18.09.2008 DEVELOPMENT: Millions More Children Attending School
18.09.2008 PAPUA: Cholera Deaths Spark Fears of Major Epidemic
18.09.2008 AUSTRALIA: Greens Expose Labor Inaction Over UN Indigenous Rights Declaration
17.09.2008 BRAZIL: Responsibility to Protect Indigenous Populations
17.09.2008 NORTHERN NORWAY: Critical to Foreign Minister
17.09.2008 NUNAVIK: Prepared to Cope with Disasters
17.09.2008 CANADA: Prime Minister`s Comments demean Native People
17.09.2008 MORALES: Opposition Agree to Talk
17.09.2008 BOLIVIA: Governor Arrested for "Porvenir Massacre"
16.09.2008 Norwegian Government – Rio Tinto’s Papua Mine ‘Unethical’
16.09.2008 PERU: Birthing Houses Combine Native Traditions, Modern Medicine
16.09.2008 JAPAN: Ainu Group Ask for New Law
16.09.2008 BOLIVIA: South American Leaders Back Morales
15.09.2008 NORWAY: Journalists Must Do More to Uncover Truth, says Guantanamo Internee
15.09.2008 BOLIVIA: Deaths in the Amazon
15.09.2008 AUSTRALIA: Rudd Government Must Endorse Indigenous Declaration:
15.09.2008 BOLIVIA: Morales Struggles to Control Bolivia Amid Violence
14.09.2008 UN Expert Marks First Anniversary of Landmark Declaration on Indigenous Peoples
11.09.2008 BOLIVIA: "Twenty Families Are Obstructing Governability" - Expert
10.09.2008 DEVELOPMENT-ETHIOPIA: Understanding Poverty´s Impact on Children
10.09.2008 CANADA: Minister Says Changes Won´t Hurt Mining
09.09.2008 BOLIVIA: Morales Shuffles Cabinet Amid Protests
09.09.2008 PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Minister visits Abu Dhabi to Fund Giant Gas Project
09.09.2008 NENETS REGION: New Oil Field With Political Mission
09.09.2008 RUSSIA: North Pole-36 Begins Working
09.09.2008 CLIMATE CHANGE: Arctic Oil and Gas Rush Alarms Scientists
09.09.2008 BOTSWANA: Giant Fire Threatens Kalahari Bushmen
09.09.2008 MINING ACT: Should Not Hurt Investment
09.09.2008 CANADA: More Resources for Indigenous Education
08.09.2008 NUNAVUT: Network Upgrade for $21.6 million
08.09.2008 NUNAVUT: Northern Leaders Cozy Up to Harper
08.09.2008 BOLIVIA: Indigenous People Are Dying of Hunger
08.09.2008 ARCTIC: Genetics Increasingly Valuable to Biotechnology Industry
07.09.2008 CLIMATE CHANGE: Arctic Meltdown Signals Long-Term Trend
07.09.2008 DEVELOPMENT-AFRICA: Why The Richest Continent Is Also The Poorest
07.09.2008 NEW ZEALAND: Land of the Birds
06.09.2008 NORWAY: Sami Youth Won Song Contest
06.09.2008 GUYANA: UN Wants Proof of Indigenous Peoples Consent to Mining on Their Land
06.09.2008 Morales meets Iranian president
05.09.2008 USA: Palin Knows Yup´ik traditions
05.09.2008 ITALY: Guarani film Wows Critics at Venice Film Festival
05.09.2008 BOLIVIA: Divisions Emerge in Opposition Strategy
05.09.2008 Morales Visits Alaska
05.09.2008 INDIA: Violence Is Fueled by Religious and Economic Divide
05.09.2008 AUSTRALIA: New Governer General Included Indigenous People in Her Speech
04.09.2008 CANADA: Chill Out on Arctic Strategy
04.09.2008 RUSSIA: Murmansk Mayor in Heating Trouble
04.09.2008 USA: Gustav did hit Lousiana Tribes
04.09.2008 AUSTRALIA: Laws to Reinstate Permit System Pass To Senate
04.09.2008 USA: Journalist Explores History from Two Reservations
04.09.2008 BORA BORA: Luxury Resort Uses Indigenous Artwork
04.09.2008 JAPAN: Indigenous See Culture as Survial Key
04.09.2008 AUSTRALIA: Didgeridoo Chapter Pulled from Book
03.09.2008 NICARAGUA: Name and Identity for Thousands of Indigenous Children
03.09.2008 OIL-PERU: "The Ashaninka People Will Not Allow These Abuses"
02.09.2008 CHILE: Keeping Indigenous Languages Alive
02.09.2008 MEDIA-PHILIPPINES: Community Radio - Balm in Troubled Areas
02.09.2008 BOLIVIA: Electoral Court Blocks Constitution Vote
02.09.2008 MALI- AFRICA: A Poor Nation with the Best Stars of African Music
02.09.2008 Japanese Film Tops Montreal Festival
01.09.2008 INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES: Elders Working to Save Kenai`s Language
01.09.2008 USA: Prison is Healing Ground for Tribal Members
01.09.2008 MEXICO: Peasants Seek Ways to Block Canadian-Run Mine
31.08.2008 USA: Natives Want to Give Youth a Voice
31.08.2008 ARIZONA: Grand Canyon Supai Village Closed
31.08.2008 PARAGUAY: Indian Woman Named Minister by New President
30.08.2008 MEXICO: Native Women Mobilise for Their Rights